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Chapter 620 Scout

After Zhao Guirong heard the report from the soldiers, he immediately ordered all the soldiers not to drink the stream water.

He is a little annoyed now. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain here, these natives always use some unpredictable methods to harass his troops. It's fine if he delays here and can't attack Gaoping City quickly. The army was wiped out.

"This group of people really came up with various methods to deal with us, but we can't be scared off by them. Everyone find a way to solve the problem of water sources. Without prey, we can still go hunting in the dense forest, but without water, who I can’t hold it anymore.” Zhao Guirong recruited a few capable men and asked them how to solve the current problem.

"General, there must be enemies within a radius of ten miles. It is difficult for us to send soldiers to find new water sources, so now there are only two choices. Either we dig wells on the spot, and they can't poison the groundwater, right? Or we wait for theirs. The poison is used up. The stream water is running water. They estimated that we need to use a lot of water for cooking, so they poisoned at this time. The toxicity of the stream water is estimated to be no more than a quarter of an hour. We don't have to worry too much. If we dig a well, we will It is uncertain whether the well water can be dug out, and all previous efforts may be wasted." A thoughtful subordinate said.

"What you said is very true. Although the enemy's methods are a bit harsh, they could not poison the stream at that time. Maybe they have run out of poison now. Digging a well is too cumbersome, why not send an army directly upstream On patrol, another army will support them in the rear. If those natives poison again upstream, they will be wiped out. Even if they lie in ambush, the patrolling troops can stick to it, and attack from inside and outside with the supporting troops, and annihilate them together." Zhao Guirong thought After thinking about it, I decided to go to the upper reaches of the problem to protect the water source. "Just in case, all the water drawn in the stream should be tasted with fish or animals in the forest before the soldiers can drink it."

"Yes." A cadre agreed.

After Zhao Guirong sent more people to patrol the upper reaches, the local people who poisoned them ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.It's just that the matter was not so easy to solve. After knowing that the Kyushu Army sent people to protect the water source, they began to frequently attack the troops protecting the water source, and they also set many traps for catching wild animals, making it hard to guard against.

This situation lasted for two days, and even the camp of the Kyushu Army was attacked on a small scale several times, but because Zhao Guirong, who had suffered a lot, took precautions, the natives and Zheng's troops failed.On the third night, they also organized a large-scale night attack. The natives used their familiarity with the terrain to attack the camp of the Kyushu Army at night.

The two sides fought fiercely at night, and the Kyushu Army used artillery again to defeat them, but they also suffered dozens of casualties.

In the early morning mist, the natives and Zheng's troops who hadn't gotten much benefit gradually retreated.But they didn't know that when they retreated under the cover of mist, several Kyushu army scouts who were familiarizing themselves with the terrain in the past few days followed them silently.

"It's really unlucky. I didn't expect them to be so vigilant at night. Our well-arranged night raids didn't have any effect, and more than a dozen tribesmen were damaged. If this continues, don't say that the village was slaughtered by the Kyushu army. I'm afraid we They all died in battle ahead of time." A native complained on the small mountain road back.

"Isn't that right? They have artillery, and they don't need to aim. If they bomb casually, some of our brothers will be injured, and it will also startle the wild animals in the forest to run wild, causing us a lot of trouble!" A native said.

Behind them, several Kyushu Army scouts followed quietly, gesturing.The training in Guilin for more than half a year was not in vain, they just lacked understanding of the local terrain.

The ghostly scout followed the native people in the forest, turning left and right, and soon a forest path appeared in front of them, and after walking for more than ten miles along the dirt road, a village surrounded by mountains and rivers appeared in front of them.This village is similar to the stilted buildings commonly seen by the Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province. It has its own gate and a simple wooden watchtower, on which local villagers patrol with bows and arrows on their backs.

The local people and the Zheng family's troops who had returned in vain entered the village one after another, but several Kyushu army scouts could only stop there.

"Sure enough, as the captives said, their village is here. And there should be a mountain road behind the village to escape deeper into the dense forest. Let's go around and have a look." The leading scout gathered a few men and told them .

"They dare to kill so many of our companions. After collecting their information, we must give them a good look." Several scouts quickly dispersed to find out the situation around the village as much as possible.

After the indigenous young patriarch and Zheng Hu returned to the village, the young patriarch sat down on his chair and took a drink from the kettle.In order to prepare for the night attack, they didn't close their eyes all night, and they ended up fighting like this, which made him full of unknown anger.

"The Kyushu army is really difficult to deal with. We poisoned them first, and then attacked them at night, and we can't shake them. Brothers in our clan died or were injured. If this continues, we will wipe out the clan." The young patriarch complained to Zheng Hu road.

"Young Patriarch, didn't you say that there are a hundred ways to kill the Kyushu Army? Why are you discouraged after only using a few methods?" Zheng Hu said.

"I... I'm not exaggerating, how can there be a hundred kinds." The young patriarch said helplessly, "Do you have any good ways to deal with them?"

"They camped next to the dense forest, we can go to sneak attack again tomorrow night." Zheng Hu said.

"Still playing night raids? After tonight's battle, the Kyushu Army must have taken precautions against us. How could we succeed?" The young patriarch didn't think it was possible to carry out another night raid.

"There is a saying in China's military art, and the soldiers are cunning. Even you don't think that we can succeed in another surprise attack, and they don't think that, and we can attack with fire, set fire to the forest on a large scale, and wipe them out with fire." Zheng Hu said.

"Set fire to the forest? This is a major offense to the gods, and if the fire is not well controlled, it will even destroy the entire mountain forest, and even our village will be engulfed by the fire!" The young patriarch couldn't help but turn pale with shock when he heard Zheng Hu's crazy plan.In his opinion, this forest, like the land, is the most precious property of their village, and setting fires is absolutely prohibited at ordinary times, but now...

"Think about it, if we set fire to this mountain forest, we can avoid the genocide of the village. And next year, the place that is set on fire will be the most fertile farmland." Zheng Hu urged.

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