Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 348 As fast as the wind
In the forest beside the river, streaks of fire lit up. Under the light of the fire, the sparkling river surface glowed charmingly in the night, like countless diamonds beating.

The shadows of the dancing trees and the connected figures were reflected in the river, rippling with the ripples.

"Quick, everyone move faster."

As Chen Mo finished giving the order, and after the two of them put on their armor, the commander of thousands passed the order to the commander of centurions, who passed the order to the commander of ten, who urged the ordinary soldiers below.

The Guardsmen and the Brave Guards are the most disciplined units in the entire army. No one can fail to keep up with the rhythm. It only takes a quarter of an hour from the completion of the order to the completion of dressing up.

"Sun Meng." Chen Mo said.

"My subordinate is here." Sun Meng said respectfully.

"You take the personal camp to the rear of Xiaotian Town. After an hour, I will lead the remaining people to attack Xiaotian Town from the front. Your mission is to prevent anyone in the city from leaving the back door to ventilate the Huai army. Report." Chen Mo said.

Xiaotian Town was as small as Liu Ji said, and it was enough to go around the back of the city in an hour.

"No." Sun Meng replied solemnly.

No matter what kind of war, the opportunity is very important.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou panicked. He grabbed the sword from the side without even wearing any armor. He quickly walked out of the room and yelled at the soldiers who came to report: "Where did the thieves come from in Xiaotian Town?"

Then there was the rumble of war drums, and curious beasts were galloping.

Chen Jun, that is an existence that gives even the prince a headache.

At this time, a more vigorous sound of war drums sounded chaotically from outside.

"bang"

Xiao Shou is a younger generation from a branch of the Xiao family, a seventh-grade warrior. He came to Xiaotian Town to guard the town, just for show and to be gold-plated.

Another soldier ran over in a panic. Because he couldn't see the road clearly, he accidentally fell to the ground. However, the soldier ignored the pain and rolled up to Xiao Shou and said: "No, General, it's Chen Jun from the other side who's coming!"

"General, it's bad, there are thieves coming into the city."

How could he not be afraid.

Hearing this, if Xiao Shou was just flustered just now, now he is trembling from the bottom of his heart.

Because Xiaotian Town was located in a remote location, the army did not take it seriously and only sent a thousand troops to guard it. Xiao Shou naturally became more relaxed.

It's not worth it to lose the opportunity for a Xiaotian Town that has no strategic value.

After all, if there is an enemy attack, and they leave the good Huainan County alone and attack Xiaotian Town, wouldn't they just be full and full?

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and soon the door started to bang.

Xiao Shou suddenly woke up and sat up from the bed.

dong dong dong-

"what?!"

In Xiaotian Town, Xiao Shou, the general who led the troops to guard Xiaotian Town, has gone to bed. There is a map of the surrounding areas of Xiaotian Town on the table, but it is too old and has no meaning at all. So he temporarily asked an old man in the county to dictate it and revise it. Draw the route.

"General, no. It's not good."

At this moment, a loud bang came from the distance, and the teacup on the table was shaken and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

But before he could give an order on what to do, a group of soldiers ran in with frightened faces and said: "General, it's bad, Chen Jun has already attacked this way, and the people outside can't defend it." Hold on, General, let’s retreat.”

While he was talking, shouts of death and wailing could be heard outside Xiao Shou's residence.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou's face turned pale. He was just here to "gold-plating" and did not want to risk his life in this poor county.

"Get out, get out quickly." Xiao Shou didn't let anyone pick up his things. He took his sword and turned around and ran towards the back door.

The soldiers quickly followed.

Although Xiao Shou's defense against Xiaotian Town is relatively lax, he is still relatively familiar with the terrain in the city.

By understanding the terrain of the city, Xiao Shou and the dozen or so soldiers beside him sneaked to the back gate without being discovered by Chen Jun who had already entered the city, opened the gate, and slipped out of the city.

Just when Xiao Shou thought he had escaped, not long after walking, a large group of black shadows appeared on both sides of the road.

"do not move."

"Drop your weapons and squat."

"Surrender without killing!"

Sun Meng led his personal camp and surrounded Xiao Shou and more than a dozen people.

Soon, Chen Mo arrived with his pursuers, escorted Xiao Shou and others back to the city, and locked them up.

Then, Chen Mo asked the Divine Guards to seal off the entire city and not allow anyone to enter or exit.

From the siege to the blockade of Xiaotian Town, it only took Chen Mo less than half an hour.

The city gate of Xiaotian Town was really vulnerable. Chen Modu didn't use fire bombs and just kicked it open.

The most outrageous thing is that the defenders on the city wall were actually sleeping. After Chen Mo entered the city, he realized what was happening. He exploded in an instant and ran behind the bunker in panic, looking for helmets and weapons and crossbows. But this It's obviously too late.

After Chen Mo ordered a volley of fire, the defenders were frightened, ran away, and even surrendered.

The whole process went extremely smoothly, with more than 500 Huai soldiers captured, and the Shenyong Guards suffering less than a hundred casualties.

However, Chen Mo's goal is not this remote Xiaotian Town. What he wants to fight in the end is Huainan County.

He asked Sun Meng to go back to Xunwang City in person and bring a large army over.

After crossing the river, they did not come to Xiaotian Town to land, but went directly to attack Huainan County.

The Yamen of Xiaotian Town is brightly lit.

At the end of June, even at night, it was muggy.

Chen Mo formed a circle with the captains and centurions below. On the table in the circle was a hand-drawn map, which was captured just now.

"There is a mountain road here. From this road, you can go around to the rear of Huainan County, and then wait for the main force to arrive and attack from the front and back before you have a chance to capture Huainan County." Liu Ji said.

But Chen Mo shook his head: "Since it is an important town, the city wall is definitely not like Xiaotian Town. In the siege battle, we will attack the city ten times. With our few troops and the main force, even if we take Huainan Town, the casualties will be extremely high." It’s so big, so uneconomical.”

"What do you mean, Lord Marquis?" Liu Ji's pupils shrank, and then he couldn't help but said: "Surround the area for reinforcements?!"

Chen Mo glanced at Liu Ji and said with appreciation: "Okay, I still have a few brushes to make King Huai send him as an envoy to Jiangdong."

Then he said: "Once Huainan County is attacked, it will inevitably ask for help from Wuguan, Beiwu and other counties. Then I will eat them on the only way they can come for help."

Chen Mo slammed the table heavily.

The so-called military is expensive and quick.

After conducting on-site inspections early the next morning, Chen Mo left 500 troops to blockade Xiaotian Town to prevent the news from leaking, and to guard the surrendered soldiers.

He took the remaining troops and Liu Ji through the mountain road and headed towards the back of Huainan County.

(End of this chapter)