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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 979
As night fell, more than 100,000 mighty troops set up camp, densely packed tents covered the wilderness forest, and the illuminated torches illuminated the surroundings like daytime.
The long-distance march made the soldiers of the Mighty Army exhausted. They only arranged simple horse-repelling deer firewood on the periphery of the camp, and they didn't even bother to dig defensive trenches.
After all, for their army of more than 100,000 people, small groups of bandits can't avoid it, who would dare to take the initiative to provoke them.
When the army of the Mighty Army set up camp and camped, beside the ferry twenty miles away from them, the supply troops of the Mighty Army were slowly passing along the pontoon bridge.
The supply troops of the mighty army transported a large amount of food, fodder and weapons and equipment at a slow speed, so when the combat troops were resting, they were still on their way.
"Master Banner, it looks like it's the supply unit of the mighty army, do you want to go up and seize it?"
On a hillside covered with bushes not far from the ferry, several officers in black uniforms of the Qinghe Army were lying on the ground, observing the bustling ferry in the distance.
"Our mission is to seize the ferry, not their luggage."
A capable young man stared at the heavily guarded baggage guard in the distance, and politely rejected the suggestion made by his officer.
This capable young officer is Dong Hao, the commander of the Fifth Banner of the Qinghe Army Infantry, and he is also a leader among the first batch of students of the Zhanzheng College.
He led his banner group to quietly detour behind the main force of the mighty army, with the purpose of cutting off the retreat of the mighty army.
"There is so much food, fodder and luggage, if we take it away, we will get rich."
Although Dong Hao, the head of the banner group, objected to seizing the food and supplies of the mighty army, the officers under him still showed greed.
"Have you seen their guards, there are at least 10,000 people, plus the people who transport the luggage, at least 30,000 to 40,000 people, we don't have that much appetite."
"If the battle cannot be ended in a short time, their main force will be alarmed."
Dong Hao said to several young officers around him: "If we don't eat meat, but lose our teeth instead, then the loss outweighs the gain, so it's not a big mistake to be careful."
"Hey, Master Banner, I'm just talking."
Seeing Dong Hao's reluctance to attack the supply troops of the Mighty Army, although the officers around him were slightly disappointed, they did not dare to act without authorization.
Although those supplies and fodder are a huge temptation, if they fail the mission, they will be severely punished when they go back. After all, the Qinghe Army has strict military discipline.
Dong Hao was able to become the commander of the Fifth Banner of the Qinghe Army. In addition to his high military literacy, his fondness for fighting with his brain is also a major advantage of him.
If it was the head of the faction's banner who came to the ferry and saw the piles of grain and supplies, he would rush up without even thinking about it.
But Dong Hao knew the priorities of the matter, as long as they wiped out the main force of the Mighty Army, these things would all be theirs sooner or later.
Dong Hao and the others lay down in the bushes on the hillside and waited for more than three hours before the ferry gradually became quiet.
A large number of food, fodder and supplies of the mighty army were also transported by a large number of civilians to the camp of the main force more than 20 miles away.
As the supplies and supplies passed through here, more than 10,000 guards of the Mighty Army also evacuated here and went to the camp to rest.
And this ferry with more than a dozen pontoon bridges was left with less than two hundred mighty soldiers guarding it.
These mighty army soldiers were busy building pontoon bridges to allow the army to pass during the day, and then directed the baggage vehicles to pass at the bridgehead, and they were exhausted.
They pitched tents at the ferry, and gathered around the campfire in groups of three and four, and only then did they have time to sit down and cook something to eat.
When the mighty army soldiers guarding the ferry were cooking and eating around the fire, in the surrounding darkness, a large number of Qinghe army soldiers surrounded them silently.
"who?"
Hearing the movement in the darkness, a mighty soldier with a bowl also stood up and shouted into the darkness.
"Phew!"
An arrow suddenly emerged from the darkness, pierced through the mighty soldier's chest, and then pierced through his back.
"Plop!"
The body of this mighty army soldier swayed, and he fell straight to the ground, and the rice bowl in his hand also slipped to the ground.
Those mighty soldiers aroundWhen the soldier saw his companion fell to the ground, he reacted after being stunned for a few seconds.
They threw away the rice bowls in their hands, and got up in a panic to find their weapons, their faces full of panic.
"Shhhhhhh!"
The sound of arrows piercing through the air continued to sound, and the soldiers of the mighty army just threw away their jobs and stood up, when they were immediately pierced by arrows.
"ah!"
There were shrill screams in the dark night, and the soldiers of the mighty army who had been shot down by arrows rolled down into the fire, and sparks flew everywhere.
Under the cover of dense arrows, more than a hundred soldiers of the panicked mighty army were shot and killed on the spot.
As soon as the remaining soldiers of the mighty army grabbed their weapons, a large number of Qinghe soldiers in black had already rushed to them with shields and knives.
Amidst the clanging of swords, there were screams one after another. In just a moment, more than two hundred mighty soldiers guarding the ferry fell into a pool of blood.
Surrounded by several officers, Dong Hao, head of the Fifth Banner of the Qinghe Army, strode to the ferry. When he saw the dozens of newly built pontoon bridges on the river, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Cross the river, tear down the bridge!"
Dong Hao, head of the Fifth Banner, issued an order, and a large number of soldiers of the Qinghe Army quickly arrived on the other side of the river in a column.
After reaching the other side of the river, the soldiers of the Qinghe Army quickly removed the planks of the pontoon bridge on the river, gathered them together and burned them down.
Those boats built on the bottom were also dragged to the shore by them and all burned, leaving no one left.
"You go upstream and downstream quickly and destroy all the ships for me."
After demolishing the pontoon bridge and destroying the boats crossing the river, Dong Hao was still dissatisfied and sent people to destroy the boats crossing the river upstream and downstream.
The original water level of this river was not high, but after several spring rains, the water level in the river has risen a lot, even in shallow places, there are still two or three meters of water level.
Dong Hao and the others destroyed the pontoon bridge of the mighty army, which was equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the main force of the mighty army.
Because Dong Hao and the others acted quickly, it didn't take much time to kill more than 200 guard soldiers and then destroy the pontoon bridge at the ferry, so the soldiers of the mighty army camp more than 20 miles away didn't know it at all.
"Li Shuai, the Fifth Banner Regiment has destroyed the pontoon bridge at the ferry, and has arrived at the north bank to guard it."
In a dark forest, a Qinghe army scout Qingqi found Li Lang who was having a meeting with the heads of the flags in a tent, and reported the situation to him.
"Have you been spotted by sentry cavalry from the Mighty Army?"
"Reporting to Li Shuai, the Mighty Army didn't place sentries in the direction behind them at all, so everything went smoothly."
"That's good. Keep a close watch on them. Once their sentries approach the ferry, shoot them on the spot. Make sure they don't find out that the ferry has been destroyed."
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