Chapter 1131: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (Twenty-One)

The long train of supplies that Jie Rong had hoped for would never arrive. When the soldiers sent by Jie Rong arrived, all they saw were corpses and damaged vehicles on the ground. The soldiers were horrified to see that all the heavy weapons originally assigned to the entire battalion had disappeared. They dismounted and looked at the corpses on the ground. He searched among them, hoping to find a survivor, but found nothing. Everyone present was dead. The wounds on their bodies showed that some of them had been stabbed after death.

The soldiers no longer hesitated, got on their horses, and ran towards Tucheng like the wind. Behind them, there was an enemy army. This news must be reported to Shangfeng immediately.

Time went back an hour, and the entire battalion's heavy weapons and food supplies, escorted by the baggage company, were walking on the road to Tucheng. This place was not as smooth as at home, and it was not afraid of rain and snow, even though they were walking on the same road. The main traffic road leading to Tucheng, but the uneven roads and potholes seriously restricted their speed.

The transport vehicles of the newly formed First Army have not yet been equipped with the rubber tires that have just been developed locally. They still use ruts made of strong miscellaneous wood, and are only covered with a layer of reinforced iron sheets. Not only does this kind of vehicle have poor shock resistance, , the speed is also impossible to raise at all.

"Speed ​​up, the brothers in front are still waiting for us. Without long-range weapons, the brothers in front will be suppressed by the enemy. Without food, how can the brothers fight when they are hungry? Work harder!" He Yu, the company commander of the baggage company He kept running back and forth among the ranks to cheer up the soldiers. The entire baggage company is equipped with 200 people, of which 50 are engineers and 100 are transport troops. The engineers were responsible for paving roads and building bridges, while the transport troops were of course responsible for driving the trucks. The other dozens of people were the guards of the baggage company. Although everyone in the entire baggage company was equipped with weapons, except for the dozens of guards who were fully armed, the others were only equipped with single swords for self-defense. Not even armor.

At this time, fifty engineers were at the front of the team, waving the engineering shovels in their hands, trying to fill up some big holes and flatten some of the bumps that hindered the forward movement of the vehicles. The engineering shovels in their hands were made of better materials than ordinary single-knife materials. Much more, for sappers. This solo shovel can also be used as a weapon.

The baggage company, which was on its way, did not realize at all that they had been firmly targeted by an armed force.

Liu An crouched among the trees, staring intently at the approaching convoy. The carts and carts of supplies made him salivate, and he knew it. There are all heavy weapons of the Han army, and there is no doubt that everyone on this continent knows how sophisticated the Han army's weapons are. If they get these weapons, Liujiazhuang's power will inevitably If it gets bigger, the big shots in Pengcheng will rely more on the Liu family.

What made him even more excited was that the soldiers escorting the baggage were completely unaware of the dangers they faced. Thinking about it, who would have thought of it, the large group of people in front had just passed by. A team has already seized this time difference and ambushed here?

Regarding the quality of the Han army commanders,

Liu An was very disdainful. They didn't even take necessary precautions. It's really hard to imagine how they defeated General Qu Wan.

Liu An was a man with formal military training. He originally served as a tooth general under General Bi Xuan in the Chu army in Pengcheng. But this time during the conflict between Han and Chu, he was sent back to Liujiazhuang. Returning with him were the five hundred soldiers under his command, but at this time. They all put on the costumes of Liujiazhuang villagers.

These are the five hundred people he has brought with him at the moment. As for the hundreds of villagers recruited from his father's village, Liu An still looks down upon them. They may have some martial prowess, but they are still far from the standards of the army. Some.

"Listen up, now that this battle is over, I will reward each of you with ten taels of silver." Liu An turned around and said to the slightly nervous soldiers behind him.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. These soldiers only get twenty taels of silver in a year. This cannot be compared with the soldiers of the Han Dynasty. Ten taels of silver is their salary for half a year.

Hearing the reward Liu An offered, the soldiers became obviously excited. They were not worried about Liu An telling lies. Their commander was born into a wealthy family and had always been famous for his generous spending. Otherwise, he would not have been here when he arrived. An army would not be able to win over people's hearts so quickly and keep these people tightly around them. Even the few thorns in the army soon became... Liu An's loyal follower.

"Attack the guards first, let go of both ends. As long as those guards are dealt with, the others will not matter." Liu An observed the convoy. There were less than a hundred fully armed guards, and they seemed unsuspecting. .

"The archers are ready and are releasing arrows according to my orders. If the target is exposed, I will chop off his head." Liu An whispered.

The sound of breathing behind him became noticeably lower. He glanced left and right, and Liu An nodded with satisfaction. On his left and right were a group of dead soldiers who were preparing to charge. These people were the masters he selected from his father's Zhuang Yong. All of them were masters recruited by his father with money. If they fight alone, everyone has something. A few brushes, and behind them, the archer had already hung his arrows on the string, just waiting for his order.

Hundreds of large vehicles were dragged in a long formation on the road, and the engineers further ahead were farther away. They had to clear the way for the large vehicles at the front.

"Fire the arrows!" Liu An shouted, and hundreds of archers squatted down from the grass, kneeling on one leg and half-stretching the other. The long bows in their hands were opened, and hundreds of arrows flew like flying arrows. Like locusts, they flew out of the woods. The unsuspecting Han army escort was shot down by dozens of people, and many others were hit by arrows. Fortunately, the armor on their bodies was very good, so it did not affect the battle.

"Kill!" Liu An held a big knife and flew out of the woods. On both sides of him, dozens of martial arts masters followed him closely. The weapons in these people's hands were also various, and behind these people , the Chu army in Zhuang Ding's costume shouted, holding their spears in hand, and followed closely.

From the first sound of the bowstring, He Yu's head buzzed. At this moment, he was almost stunned. He never expected that there would be an ambush on the road where the army just passed. He almost subconsciously followed He immediately turned over and jumped off the other side of the war horse. But the moment he dismounted, the war horse whined, accelerated and jumped forward a few meters, and then fell to the ground. More than ten of them were targeting He Yu.

He Yu, who rolled several times on the ground to lose his strength, jumped up. What he saw in front of him made him feel terrified. At least half of the dozens of guards protecting the convoy lost their combat effectiveness in the first wave of attacks, and There were at least hundreds of enemies rushing out from the woods not far away.

"Protect the convoy!" Although the enemy is outnumbered, He Yu has no idea of ​​retreating. Firstly, this is the tradition of the Han army. After encountering the enemy, we are invincible even if we are the enemy. Secondly, as a heavy company, we are invincible. As a company commander, once he loses the entire battalion's supplies of food and supplies, military law will not spare him.

Seeing the color of his opponent's clothes, He Yu didn't think that he had no chance of winning. Even if he added up all he had at this time, he only had about a hundred men to fight. However, his opponent was not an army, but just some people of Chu State. Probably these are the guys that the regiment leader said before setting off that there might be some armed landlords who will come to cause trouble. These people have a common characteristic, that is, they can fight with the wind, but they cannot fight against the wind. They are not like the army. With strong psychological endurance, as long as they are killed in the first wave of attacks, they will most likely collapse.

Glancing at the engineers at the front, he felt slightly reassured. The engineer platoon leader Ergou did not disappoint him. As soon as they were attacked, they had already gathered together and turned back to kill them. They didn't even have time to pull out. He took out the saber from his waist, held up the engineer shovel in his hand, and rushed back with a roar.

The engineer shovel is better than the steel and fire saber in their waist.

A sturdy guy met He Yu. This man was much stronger than He Yu. He had a typical waist and round arms. He was holding a dark stick in his hand. He struck He Yu with a blow on the head. Yu slashed down, but He Yu did not dodge. Instead, he accelerated his speed and rushed directly towards the guy. The saber in his hand was distracted and stabbed straight. This was He Yu's habit on the battlefield. He used to be a field soldier. He was a soldier, but he was later injured and transferred to the heavy equipment. On the battlefield, there are often thousands of people crowded together to fight. There is no chance for you to move around. I am invincible on the battlefield. It’s just talk, it’s true.

The opponent was obviously frightened. With this stick, He Yu could be beaten until his brains exploded, but as long as He Yu's knife stabbed him, he would also be disemboweled. He twisted his waist and used the big stick. As soon as it fell, it tilted a few points and hit the ground with a bang, causing smoke and dust to fly everywhere. As soon as he twisted his waist, He Yu's sword missed, but He Yu was still moving forward, with his hand in his waist. With a casual touch, a dagger with a cold light appeared in his hand. He stabbed it with his backhand and felt the sluggishness of the blade entering his body. He Yu immediately let go, quickened his pace and rushed forward. He no longer cared about the fate of the person behind him. .

The big man holding the iron rod let out an earth-shattering scream. He seemed to not believe that he was hit by his opponent in one move. He shook a few times and fell to the ground with a roar. This was a man from Liujiazhuang. Instructor Zhuang Ding was extremely brave, but when he went to the battlefield, he was obviously inexperienced. He was intimidated by He Yu at the beginning, and then he didn't expect that He Yu would react so quickly when the two people's bodies crossed each other. This is the most fundamental difference between the killing skills honed on the battlefield and the brave and ruthless fighting skills of heroes in the world.

(I just came to work in a new unit and I don’t understand anything. I am so busy that I can only update a little here and there. It is estimated that I will be able to update normally after a while. The shooter apologizes to my book friends for the irregularity during this period.) ( To be continued)