The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 24 You Can Run to the Monk, But Not to the Temple (for further reading)

"Ba Ge Ya Lu, what are you guys doing? The army can run so fast and lose people. What use do I need you... A bunch of stupid pigs!" Yoshida Zhengyi stood on the top of the mountain ridge and looked around. The rolling hills beyond the horizon, like an angry lion, yelled at several scouts.

The captain was in a fit of anger, and Captain Toyokawa didn't dare speak rashly to persuade him.

It wasn't until he was tired of scolding that he finally got up the courage to stand up: "Captain, it should be since the middle of the night that we lost our target!"

"The remnant of the Independence Regiment sent a containment force to lead us around the mountains with torches, and the main force took the opportunity to escape!"

"It was too dark, we had no guide, we were not familiar with the surrounding terrain, and we couldn't see the troops circling in the mountains. We didn't realize that the troops were deceived until dawn!"

"The remnants of the Independence Regiment have already withdrawn dozens of miles away, and we have no target to pursue!"

"Forget it!" The anger on Yoshida Masaichi's face gradually calmed down, and he slowly regained his composure.

In all fairness, even if he went to the front as a scout himself, he would not realize that he was chasing and killing a false target, let alone that he was circling in the mountains.

If you want to blame, blame the independent regiment for being too cunning, using tactics that the Sakata Alliance has never encountered before.

Realizing that this failure was not caused by his own command error, nor was it the ignorance of the soldiers under his command, Masaichi Yoshida felt a lot better immediately.

When I looked at a few more scouts, my eyes had softened, and I immediately ordered: "The front team becomes the rear team, and the rear team becomes the front team. The troops retreat immediately, gather the wounded and rush to Cangyunling to return to the team!"

"The monks can't run away from the temple if the independent regiment is able to escape. As long as the regiment leader catches the head of the [-]th brigade, the remnants of the independent regiment will naturally come to rescue them. At that time, we will take revenge and kill them!"

The devils marched much faster during the day than at night. In just three hours, they marched eighteen kilometers in a hurry to reach the high ground where the wounded were trapped.

"Captain... the wounded... something happened to the wounded on the mountain, and all the weapons and ammunition we left on the mountain... are also lost..." The small captain of the vanguard suddenly rushed in front of Masaichi Yoshida, as if he had lost his soul. His face was terrified, and he couldn't even speak well.

"The wounded... and the remaining troops were all killed..."

"The military uniform on his body was also... stripped... naked... lying on the top of the mountain..."

"It must have been done by the Eighth Route Army, only they... are interested in our uniforms..."

"It's too cruel... More than [-] imperial soldiers are all dead, and no one is alive..."

Yoshida panicked for a moment, pushed the second lieutenant away, and ran to the top of the mountain with both legs...

The eight naked corpses were the first to come into view. Yoshida was looking livid, his eyes were glowing with fire, and he continued to walk towards the top of the mountain with his fists clenched...

The scene on the top of the mountain was even more tragic than what the forward second lieutenant had said. Not only were the soldiers stripped of their military uniforms, but many people were blown to pieces in the battle, and there were not a few good pieces of flesh left over from their bodies...

"Bageyalu, I must kill all the independent regiments and avenge the warriors who died in battle!" Masaichi Yoshida was very angry, but he couldn't find a channel or a target to vent his anger, so he could only fight in front of the soldiers who died in battle. Swearing every word, his face was full of hatred, and his lips were about to be bitten to bleed.

The main peak of Cangyunling, Sakata Dazuo chased here at three o'clock in the morning, and then the whole person was blinded.

You can't see your fingers around you, there are no guides, and you can't see landmarks. Several staff members racked their brains and couldn't lock their positions on the map.

A troop that can't even figure out its own position is tantamount to marching with eyes closed. No matter how courageous Sakata is, he dare not continue walking.

Immediately ordered the reconnaissance troops to disperse to find the guide and the village.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, it was already daylight, and the guide that Sakata was eager to see was finally brought back by the reconnaissance troops.

The staff also found out the location of the troops through the guide, but they came to a fact that everyone could not accept.

"Leader, we seem to have lost track of our target!" the chief of staff of the regiment reported carefully.

"The terrain in Cangyun Ridge is too complicated. We stayed here for several hours last night. The [-]th Brigade Headquarters and the logistics department entered Cangyun Ridge and began to divide their troops, disappearing into the vast mountains!"

"Unless we send out heavy troops to sweep across Cangyun Ridge, it will be very difficult to force out the Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountain!"

Sakata Dazuo had accumulated a lot of anger and hadn't vented it yet, so he definitely wouldn't give up halfway, so he immediately ordered: "Then send troops to sweep Cangyun Ridge!"

"As long as we kill the headquarters of the [-]th Brigade, it doesn't matter if we spend a little more time!"

"You make a sweeping plan for me now, and the troops will start to move in an hour!"

"It's hard to bump into the fat piece of the [-]th Brigade Headquarters, and we must not let him slip away!"

The chief of staff didn't move, and looked at Sakata Dazuo with a puzzled expression on his face: "Please think twice, captain!"

"Cangyun Ridge is too big and the terrain is complicated. Our troops are limited, and it is almost impossible to sweep the entire area!"

"If you insist on sweeping, the troops must enter the mountain in small groups, and the distance between small groups is more than three kilometers!"

"Yesterday we saw the combat power of the Eighth Route Army, which is stronger than I imagined. It is fully capable of eating up our infantry squad in a very short period of time."

"The troops have rashly divided their forces, just to create a good opportunity for them to break through!"

"If the Eighth Route Army takes the initiative to attack and kill two or three teams, there will be a lot of gaps in the blockade we sweep Cangyun Ridge. The Eighth Route Army can break through these gaps and leave Cangyun Ridge at any time, completely getting rid of our pursuit!"

"The raid we organized will not only end without a problem, but also lose a few infantry squads in vain, lose my wife and lose my troops!"

Sakata Dazuo believed in the professional level of the chief of staff, and if he said no, he would definitely not.

But he didn't want to let go of the fat that was brought to his mouth, so he squatted on the ground to study the map, trying to find out how to break the game.

The chief of staff could see the dissatisfaction in the captain's heart at a glance.

He is also very unwilling.

The [-]th Brigade has repeatedly inflicted heavy damage on the imperial army behind enemy lines, and was listed as a serious problem by the Shanxi garrison early on, and they wanted to get rid of it quickly.

If Bantian United's first battle in the rear was to kill the [-]th Brigade Headquarters, the reputation of Bantian United would surely resound throughout North China, and they would also become famous together, accumulating capital for future promotion to the captain of the regiment.

But the opponent was too cunning to give them this chance at all.

"Could you change the overall raid to focus on it, and focus on the places where people are most likely to hide in Cangyun Ridge? We don't need to disperse too much with our limited force, and we can completely disperse our operations in infantry squadrons!" Sakata Dazuo sudden proposal.

"I admit that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, but it certainly doesn't have the strength to eat up a strengthened squadron of us in a short time."

"If they dare to attack, the infantry squadron under attack will take the opportunity to stick to the opponent, creating opportunities for other troops to encircle the enemy!"

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