Chapter 1213 Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover
"Report to the company commander, the party members are shoveling sand!"
The scout replied: "Look at their speed, they won't be able to finish shoveling until tomorrow morning!"
"Very good!"
The company commander clenched his fists: "Brothers, please move around, it's our turn to work!"
Following the company commander's order, the bodyguards in the valley immediately pulled out war horses, with almost every war horse carrying a bag on its back.
At the beginning, Jin Feng asked Mancang to send a batch of firearms to Da Zhuang to form a musket battalion. This company was the second musketry company of the musket battalion.
In order not to be discovered when sneaking in, the escorts disassembled the barrels of the guns and put them in bags.
At this time, the escorts opened the bag, took out the gun accessories and started assembling it.
Assembling firearms is a required training subject in the musketeer camp. The escorts are very skilled and they can all be assembled quickly.
Putting the assembled spears on their backs, the escorts took out ammunition and grenades from their bags and hung them on the armed belts around their waists.
After arranging their equipment, the group got on their horses and, led by the scouts, ran to the northwest.
At the end of the team, there were three horses that were not riding, but were carrying three large packages.
This area is a vast and sparsely populated desert. In the evening, the group successfully arrived at the ravine that had been explored in advance.
On the top of the ravine, a scout came down the path and joined the musketry company.
This scout was covered in brown-red linen, which looked almost the same color as stone at first glance.
"How far is the transport team?" the company commander asked.
"Report to the company commander that the transport team is five miles away to the north!" the scout replied.
"Have you seen any party scouts here?" the company commander asked again.
"I saw two people running from the north to the south, but I didn't see anyone coming from the south!"
The scout laughed and said: "They should have been killed by the mines!"
That section of sandy road is several miles long. Scouts coming from the south can't get through at all, and scouts coming from the north will most likely be killed or injured when they pass by!
"How many falcons are there in the transport team? Have you figured out where they are?" the company commander asked.
The soldiers came to block it, and the water came to cover it. The Dongman and Dangxiang people used falcons to deal with the airships. Jin Feng first destroyed their falcons, and then used airships and hot air balloons.
The ambush operation in Luolinggou proved that this trick is very effective.
As long as the falcons are killed, the hot air balloons and airships of the escorts can take off!
Then the transport team below will be waiting to be bombed!
"Got it," the scout replied: "There are three falcons in total, two of them are hidden in the carriage of the transport team, and one is hidden in a cage covered with black cloth!"
"There's nothing leaking, right?"
"It should be gone. Lao Huaishu and I followed the transport team for three days and three nights. We carefully explored the places where falcons could be hidden."
The scout's expression was very confident, but he didn't dare to speak too fully: "But I can't guarantee whether they have hidden it in other places!"
The company commander also knew that there was nothing that could be done about it, so he nodded and said, "Let's adapt accordingly. If there are any that are missed, we will shoot them as soon as possible. We must not let them fly!"
It is not easy to tame a falcon that can attack a hot air balloon. The Black Cloud Tribe only brought one.
Although the transport team is more important than the Black Cloud Tribe, the number cannot be too large. Three is about the same as they expected.
If you really miss something, try to destroy it before the falcon flies high into the sky!
"Yes!" The scout nodded.
The company commander turned to the back and shouted: "Everyone has a rest and then prepare for action!"
After running for dozens of miles, the escorts were also very tired. After receiving the order, they got off their horses, drank water and rested, and also fed the horses a little water.
After burning incense, the bodyguards tied their horses in the ravine and left on foot with the company commander.
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In the valley, the transport team was still trudging in the cold wind.
"Didn't you say that someone is coming to greet us? Why haven't they come yet?"
Many party members complained in the cold wind.
Throughout the afternoon, they worked hard to drive the cattle and horses.
After running hard all afternoon, the cows and horses were almost exhausted, and they were waiting for the rescuers to arrive. The cows and horses could take a rest while the supplies were being redistributed.
As a result, we waited and waited. It was almost dark, and we didn't see anyone coming to meet us. We didn't even hear the sound of horse hooves.
The person in charge of the transport team became impatient and once again sent out a scout, preparing to go south to urge the responding cavalry team.
But not long after the scout ran out of the team, he heard a whistling sound coming from the hill on the right.
The person in charge subconsciously looked up and saw a small black dot above his head.
"It's over!"
The person in charge subconsciously wanted to jump off the horse, but it was too late.
Small black dots fell like raindrops around the person in charge, followed by a series of explosions.
The person in charge felt a pain in his forehead and then lost consciousness!
Not only the person in charge, but explosions occurred in many places throughout the transport team!
The first round of sneak attack and bombing by the escort musketry company had a very clear target, which was the location of the enemy commander and the falcon!
The effect was also very good. The leader of the transport team was hit on the head by iron sand and died on the spot. The two carriages carrying falcons were also blown to pieces. Even if the falcons in the carriages were not dead, they would never be able to fly again.
As for the falcon that was in a cage and covered with black cloth, it was blown to pieces! www.八一zw.????m
A trained war horse will still be scared when hearing the explosion of a grenade for the first time, let alone the cattle and horses carrying supplies?
The cattle and horses in the entire transport team were frightened and were running around. The grooms were scurrying around, and some wanted to control the cattle and horses.
The cavalry responsible for escorting the transport team lost the command of the person in charge and became a mess!
"Are all the falcons dead?"
The company commander asked as he lay on the ridge.
"The three we found are all dead!"
The scout put down his binoculars and nodded seriously.
"That's good!"
The company commander nodded and gestured to the back.
On the mountain peak opposite the official road, a loud arrow roared into the sky, and a ball of yellow fireworks bloomed dozens of meters in the sky.
Then, a black hot air balloon appeared in the northern sky, slowly rose into the sky, and floated along the north towards the transport team.
"It's a hot air balloon from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. Where's our falcon? Go and catch it!"
Many of the party soldiers responsible for the escort were anxious.
But their person in charge had been killed, and so had the falcon. No matter how anxious they were, they had no choice but to watch the hot air balloon float overhead.
The hot air balloon flew to the northernmost point of the transport team, and the grenades poured down as if they were free!
The already panicked civilians, cattle and horses became even more panicked.
Seeing that the way back was blocked by the bodyguards, they all ran south in a swarm.
For a time, the mountain road was full of cattle and horses colliding with each other. Before the ambush escorts could rush out, the transport team itself did not know how many people were trampled to death!