Back then, the dead ghost Aleganda had marked the locations of many tribes.
Perhaps God felt that the border army was too aggrieved and sent a second prince who was too afraid to marry a man, thus giving Chu Qing a reason to reorganize the wolf-catching army.
The Naichibe is not a large tribe, or even a separate tribe. It is just on the outskirts of the grassland, but this tribe has never been beaten.
It's not because the border troops don't leave the customs very often, it's because the border troops are too lazy to pay attention to this tribe.
To be less precise, Akabe is like a post station or an outpost.
There are no old or weak women and children in this tribe. They are all rangers. These rangers are used to monitor the movements of Chang Chao border. In addition, the caravans leaving the customs, the movements of Chang people, etc. are all part of this group of Chibu tourists.
The cavalry reported to each tribe.
This tribe can be regarded as a scout camp, or it can be regarded as the eyes of the prairie bandits on the front line.
What Chu Qing had to do was to blind these eyes.
After galloping for an hour, Lin Kui gave the order to slow down the horse.
Marching on the grassland at night, it is easy to get lost, but it is not a big problem for the old soldiers.
After slowing down the horse's speed, the veterans finally began to teach the new recruits their true skills. The first thing to be taught was to identify the direction.
The grassland is vast and there are no tall trees, but there are several common plants that can be used to identify directions.
Now in summer, the grassland temperature is very high, especially around noon during the day. In this specific ecological environment, wild lettuce will grow in a north-south direction due to plant characteristics.
The veterans don't know what the direct sunlight area is, nor do they know how oblique sunlight increases photosynthesis. They just know from experience that this plant can more accurately identify the south direction in drier places.
In addition, there are also plants such as hemp flower that also have this characteristic.
Chu Qing, who was at the front, rolled his eyes fiercely. Are you talking to the new recruits about the characteristics of plants in the middle of the night?
As the old soldier explained how to use postures to reduce physical exertion when marching at night, Chu Qing suddenly understood.
This is the first time for new soldiers to march at night, so they are very nervous. It is not only the first time to march at night, but also the first time to fight against the enemy.
This kind of nervousness will not last for a long time. With the long and boring march, the body will slowly relax and become extremely tired. You may even fall asleep on the horse. Once this happens, you will lose your ability.
The possibility of falling off a horse is very high, resulting in injuries, etc.
Lin Kui asked everyone to slow down because he took this problem into consideration. The purpose of explaining the real "skills" of the veterans was to allow the new soldiers to concentrate and slowly adapt to the night march.
Not to mention the new soldiers, Chu Qing was lying on his horse and fell asleep.
However, this guy wasn't tired because he relaxed after being highly stressed. He was simply tired. He didn't get a good rest yesterday, which made these new recruits who left the camp without hesitation angry.
In fact, Chu Qing should have been nervous, but he had already been in battle.
He couldn't even recall why he ran so fast and swung the knife so hard.
Maybe it's because he saw countless soldiers from Guoyi camp die in battle, maybe it's because his surname is Chu, or maybe it's because of something else. The first time, he lost it so inexplicably, but the second time, naturally there wasn't much pressure.
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"Master, if you are sleepy, I will use a rope to fix it for you. You can rest on the horse for a while. It will be okay."
Chu Qing yawned, waved his hand, and then looked at his uncle behind him.
The eldest uncle finally won Ping'er's favor again. He lay on the horse and, like a pervert, stroked Ping'er's horse's head and whispered something.
Whenever Chu Qing felt sleepy, he would look back at his uncle with a cold look on his face, which would wake him up a lot.
Xu Tianchen also humbly asked Mr. Liu beside him for advice.
"Lao Liu, didn't they all say that when we go out to capture the wolf army, each of us will have two horses? I think they only have over a thousand horses."
Mr. Liu laughed and raised his voice: "In a few days, most of you new soldiers will be dead. We will only have two horses per person, and there may be many more."
The new soldiers scolded them repeatedly, while the old soldiers laughed.
Although Lin Kuai was young, he had rich marching experience. One moment he ordered everyone to slow down their horses, and the next moment he ordered everyone to speed up.
Chu Qing knew that this was because Lin Kui was afraid that the new recruits would lose concentration and concentration. Slowing down would allow him to take a short rest, and speeding up would allow everyone to tighten their nerves and maintain concentration.
Chu Qing was also learning, listening carefully, asking questions, and analyzing.
There are many skills of the wolf-catching army that cannot be taught on ordinary days. Only after leaving the customs and entering the battlefield can they be taught on the spot.
Time passed minute by minute, and everyone was marching faster and slower.
It was late in the summer when the sun appeared, and it was almost Yinshi, and we finally arrived at our destination. Three miles away to the north was the settlement of Akabe.
In the darkness, no one could see. Lin Kui ordered everyone to dismount, and then asked three old soldiers to investigate on foot, while the others rested in place.
About half an hour later, the old soldier came back. There was no doubt that it was Chibu, with thirty-nine tents and four stables.
After confirming the position, the reactions of the veteran soldiers and the new soldiers were completely different.
The old soldiers had already begun to draw their weapons and quivers from the other horses, while the new soldiers were breathing rapidly.
Three miles away, there are more than a thousand thieves, more than our own. Liang thieves, Liang thieves who are fighting to the death.
The new pawns purely instinctively and subconsciously look at the veteran pawns who are closest to them on weekdays.
In fact, even Chu Qing didn't realize that every old soldier would befriend one new soldier, just one, and no one instructed them to do this. This is tradition and inheritance, not rules.
Lin Kui called over a dozen veterans and began to make arrangements.
The plan is simple, first get rid of the sentry sentry.
Every cool bandit settlement has a riding sentry, and these riding sentries will constantly move one to two miles away from the settlement.
The view on the grassland is wide and there is no cover, so the sentry does not need to be sent too far.
If you want to fight a sneak attack, you must first kill six sentries.
Six mounted sentries, each in groups of two, rode around the settlement, very alert.
After dealing with the sentries, you can quickly approach the settlement. First, shoot rockets, light the tents, and then form a circle. Shoot arrows continuously to maximize the possibility of eliminating the cool thieves. When the cold thieves try to fight back, the two sides are already very close.
At that time, we can fight head-on. If everything goes well, the Liang Thief's combat strength should be less than half in a hand-to-hand encounter.
The veterans have done this kind of thing countless times and are not worried.
But for new recruits, everything is their first time, so it is inevitable to be nervous.
The most important thing is naturally the first step, which is to solve the riding sentry.
This kind of thing cannot be done by new soldiers. Lin Kui personally went into battle and was responsible for the riding sentry on the east side. Xiao Yi was a sharp archer and volunteered. No one had any objections. Two old soldiers went with him, leaving one
On the side are Tong Gui and two old soldiers. Tong Gui's shooting skills are not as good as Xiao Yi's, but he is a one-in-a-million marksman.
Working in groups of three is considered double insurance. The one with the best archery skills is in charge of one of the riding posts, and the other two veterans are in charge of the other riding post.
You must know that the sentry does not stay in place. If you are lucky, you will doze off while riding on the horse. If you are unlucky, you will encounter someone who is conscientious and will wander around on the horse.
If you want to avoid being discovered, you have to keep a certain distance. The farther the distance, the safer it is. But the safer it is, the harder it is to hit the arrow. Each of the three people only has a chance to fire two arrows at most, and once the first arrow misses,
The opponent will run away or give a warning, and the second arrow will be more difficult to hit.
This means that with two shots and six arrows, two sentries must be eliminated.
Because the settlement is not large, nine people have to attack almost at the same time. In addition, after solving the riding sentry, they must quickly move the body away. The old pawn in cool thief costumes must quickly change his horse and disguise himself as a riding sentry just in case.
, everyone will approach the settlement only after making sure that it does not cause any commotion or alert.
This is one of the conventional tactics of the wolf-catching army, which is to be quick, ruthless and risk one's life.