Initially, when the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade heard they were coming to the Central Plains, they were actually quite nervous. After all, they had always fought in the Northwest in the past, so they were familiar with the terrain. Even if they could not win, they could still get reinforcements from their brethren.
But now, Zuoyun Mount was more than 1,000 kilometers away from Fortress 178. By the time their brethren came to reinforce them, they would probably be dead by then.
Later, when everyone heard that some Central Plains people from the Northwest had joined the troops, they did not pay much attention to it. In fact, Wang Yun and the others really did not give the 6th Combat Brigade a sense of security.
But after Ren Xiaosu arrived, P5092 filled in the gaps in strategy, and the Young Marshal filled in the gaps in his combat power. Then, Wang Yun and Ji Zi 'ang, who had joined earlier, suddenly shone brightly.
In just two days, all the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade felt more at ease!
They had never felt so at ease before!
Although they knew many of them would definitely die when the expeditionary army came to surround Zuoyun Mount, so what? The soldiers of Fortress 178 were not afraid of death. They were only afraid that their deaths would not be worth it.
That's right, dying together with Zhang Xiaoman did not feel like it was worth it.
On the night that the defensive position was set up, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin quietly led Iron Company out of Zuoyun Mount.
The mission given to them by P5092 was to find the expeditionary army's supply line within three days and then harass the enemy as much as possible.
Initially, Wang Yun and Ji Zi 'ang also wanted to follow them. However, P5092 said there was no need and that Ren Xiaosu was enough.
In terms of tactics, there was no reason for four supernatural beings to carry out a mission together. In P5092's opinion, even if something were to happen to one of them, Wang Yun, Ji Zi 'ang, Ren Xiaosu, and Yang Xiaojin would not be allowed to get into trouble together and would have to be separated.
P5092 was now the commander of the 6th Combat Brigade, so everyone had to listen to him.
Moreover, Wang Yun and Ji Zi'ang thought about it and decided that it did not matter. After all, Ren Xiaosu was going to face the barbarians' transport team. What could possibly happen to him?
Before leaving, Ren Xiaosu confirmed, "Is there anything else you want me to tell you?"
P5092 thought for a moment and said, "Run after the battle. This is the rear of the expeditionary army, so don't get caught up in the fighting."
"Okay, I understand," Ren Xiaosu replied.
Eleven hours after Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin left, Iron Company 1 reported back. "Sure enough, deep ruts have been found on one of the roads. It looks like P5092's guess of the expeditionary army's transport route was correct."
This made P5092 heave a sigh of relief. All Ren Xiaosu had to do next was wait for the transport troops to pass by.
He envisioned that Ren Xiaosu would just have to drop some bombs from afar or snipe the enemy's transport troops when the time came.
When the barbarians decided to give chase, Ren Xiaosu could lead Iron Company 1 back to their base and retreat to their base.
Things were developing more smoothly than he had imagined. On the 17th hour, Iron Company 1's communications officer reported that they had discovered the enemy's presence, and the transport troops were heading south under the escort of 500 barbarians.
P5092 sneered in Zuoyun Mount. The barbarians had harassed the Pyro Company's logistics lifeline, so it was his turn to take revenge.
The battle started. But just 30 minutes later, a staff officer in Zuoyun Mount said to P5092, "Sir, there's a call from Young Marshal."
P5092 took the call and asked, "Did everything go well? You didn't get ambushed by the barbarians, did you? "
"There's no ambush. We're retreating right now. We'll talk about the rest when we get back," Ren Xiaosu said over the phone.
"Alright, I'm looking forward to your triumphant return. Thank you for your hard work," P5092 said.
More than 10 hours later, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin returned with Iron Company 1. Moreover, not only did Ren Xiaosu return, but he also brought back the barbarians' supplies and distributed some biscuits to everyone.
At the beginning, everyone was worried if Ren Xiaosu and the others would encounter any danger. But looking at them now, it looked like they were people who had returned from a trip to share some souvenirs with their families.
These supplies were all food, but it was no different from what was available in the Central Plains. Later on, everyone realized this was not the barbarians' own food but Stronghold 176's.
Now that Stronghold 176 had been destroyed, the hundreds of thousands of people stored there had become the barbarians' supplies. It was no wonder the expeditionary army was not in a hurry at all.
After returning, Ren Xiaosu planned to wait for the expeditionary army to come knocking on their door. All of the soldiers quietly raised their vigilance to prevent the enemy from besieging them.
But after waiting for an entire day, the enemy still did not come to besiege them. Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "What's going on? Why is the expeditionary army moving so slowly?"
Wang Yun replied, "They might be mobilizing their troops."
Everyone felt something was amiss when the expeditionary army still did not arrive.
Zhang Xiaoman came over and asked Ren Xiaosu, "Young Marshal, what's going on with these barbarians? Why aren't they coming yet? "
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I make a trip to Mount Daniu?"
Zhang Xiaoman was shocked. "Why are you going to Mount Daniu?"
Ren Xiaosu snapped, "I'm going to ask the barbarians why they aren't coming to Mount Zuoyun …. If they don't come, wouldn't I have fought this battle for nothing?"
Zhang Xiaoman was confused.
Then Ren Xiaosu went to ask P5092 if it was possible that the expeditionary army was not planning to care about the rear.
However, P5092 explained in a serious tone, "There's no need to worry. It takes time to mobilize the troops. We just need to prepare our defensive deployment now. They'll come —"
Halfway through, P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu, who was eating hardtack. Suddenly, he felt like he had caught on to something. "Wait, did you snatch back the barbarians' supplies?"
"Yes." Ren Xiaosu said, "I snatched them all!"
"Did they just let you do that?" P5092 wondered.
"I killed them all. It's not like their corpses can stand up and stop me," Ren Xiaosu said.
P5092 finally realized what the problem was. He said in a serious tone, "If you kill all the barbarians, they won't even know where we're hiding. There won't be any witnesses left. Do you still remember what I instructed you to do?"
Ren Xiaosu repeated, "Remember, run away after you're done fighting. This is the rear of the expeditionary army, so don't get caught up in the fighting. Those were your exact words. After I finished killing them, I ran back here. "
This time, it was P5092's turn to be stunned. Only then did he come back to his senses. Ren Xiaosu's understanding of "run away after you're done fighting" was exactly what it meant. They had already killed off all the barbarians in this convoy.
P5092's emotions were a little disjointed. "What I mean is, we just had to harass them a little. For example, we could've just shot them once and then run away. Of course, that's just a metaphor. If we really only shot them once, the barbarians would suspect that there was a trap here and we deliberately lured them here. "
Ren Xiaosu said, "I also thought of running away after shooting them once, but I was afraid that the barbarians would catch up and cause casualties to the First Iron Company, so I killed them all."
When P5092 heard this, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong with this logic. But when he thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with it.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "That's not the problem. It must be something else. It's not that I didn't leave any witnesses behind. When I came back, I did not clean up the tracks. There are expert hunters among the barbarians, so it wouldn't have been difficult for them to find Zuoyun Mount. "
P5092 agreed with this statement. "Then something must have happened on the main battlefield."
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