Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 721 Civil Work
The snow-covered slanted valley stretches as far as the eye can see, with the yellow treetops swaying in the bitter cold wind, and a few wild wolves hunting for food appear on the ridge of the slanted valley, adding a bit of vitality to the dead winter.

The inclined valley is no more than ten miles deep, and the mountain beams on both sides are gentle and climbable. The vegetation is sparse and the rocks are jagged. It belongs to a desolate and barren land. The nearest village is five miles away.

Amidst the low whimper of the cold wind, there was the faint sound of horseshoes. Not long after, more than a hundred black armored cavalry in black battle robes and black cloaks appeared in the wilderness outside the inclined valley.

The horses galloped across the snow, kicking out the black soil under the snow, leaving a black and white mottled mark behind the cavalry that spread far away.

The cavalry rode their horses up to the mountain ridge of the inclined valley. The wind was strong on the mountain ridge, blowing their black shirts into the air. From the mountain ridge, one could overlook the entire inclined valley.

"Deputy Commander, the map provided by the rebel army is too rough. This is clearly a low mountain ridge, and it is not as dangerous as it is marked on the map."

A dark-skinned staff officer looked around and frowned at the low slope covered by snow.

Ming Yang, deputy commander of the Nanchuan Army, was also looking at the terrain of the inclined valley, silent and thinking.

According to the map provided to them by the rebel army, this place should be a dangerous place, a good place for ambushes, but now it is low and flat, so bare that it is impossible to hide a person, let alone an ambush.

Deputy Marshal Ming Yang was able to be promoted to the deputy marshal of the Nanchuan Army. In addition to being appreciated by Lin Chuan, he was also brave and resourceful. Otherwise, how could Lin Chuan let him alone.

This time, Lin Chuan sent him to lead the Nanchuan Army eastward into the Far East, assist the blood-soaked Far East Rebel Army to defeat the Hanhai Army, control the Far East, and shoulder the important task of the rise of the Nanchuan Army.

Ming Yang knew very well that although the Nanchuan Army now controlled many provinces and lands, their opponents controlled much more powerful resources than them. The Nanchuan Army especially needed a solid rear, and the Far East was the first choice.

Whether they can defeat the Hanhai people and occupy the Far East to obtain a steady stream of resources is related to the success or failure of the Nanchuan Army in the future hegemony war, and now Lin Chuan has handed him over to Ming Yang, who has been working hard and dare not neglect .

Although Ming Yang has always maintained sufficient confidence and calmness in front of the generals under his command, it is beyond imagination to defeat the elite Hanhai army with a mere 15 Nanchuan army.

Since Lin Chuan entrusted him with this important task, Ming Yang did not want to disappoint Lin Chuan's kindness, so he resolutely took on this important task.

Hanhai has a lot of cavalry with strong maneuverability. Now most of the Hanhai army chasing the rebel army and entering Kara Province are cavalry, while the Nanchuan Army's Explosive Bear Corps entering the Far East are all infantry. The only three cavalry flag regiments are self-organized Since then, he has been training and has never participated in actual combat. Ming Yang dare not take risks.

It was precisely based on the perception of his own strength that Ming Yang planned to introduce the vast sea cavalry into this dangerous slope valley after careful consideration, to offset the opponent's cavalry superiority, and then concentrate the superior force to destroy them.

Ming Yang has always been meticulous in his work. Although the terrain of this inclined valley is dangerous on the map, he personally led a team to investigate on the spot before the battle. But when he overlooked the surrounding area, he had a panoramic view of everything. He frowned. This is not an ideal place for an ambush.

But now General War Song and General Steel Feather have already attracted the Hanhai cavalry in Kaoshan Town according to the established battle plan, and it is too late to change the battle plan temporarily.

The staff officers were not fools either, they immediately retreated when they saw the terrain: "Deputy Marshal, let's revise the battle plan again, let the Warsong Legion Commander and the others withdraw, and then make further calculations."

Ming Yang shook his head: "The Hanhai Cavalry is extremely fast, it will take half a day to go to Kaoshan Town, and Zhange and the others need to prepare for their evacuation, so there is not enough time."

"Then what to do, there is no way to hide people here, if we bring the vast sea cavalry here, how will we fight against them?" The staff and officers were all sad, and began to discuss countermeasures in whispers.

The terrain here is too flat, the ambush troops can't hide firstly, they can be found from a distance, and secondly, even if the vast sea cavalry is tricked into the inclined valley, they can't stop them, and the opponent only needs a charge to rush out.

"Have you brought a shovel?" Ming Yang disregarded the whispers of the staff and officers, got off his horse and turned his head to ask.

Soon a scout cavalry handed the engineer shovel he was carrying to Ming Yang in a hurry.

This kind of engineering shovel was manufactured by Nanchuan Arsenal according to the drawings designed by the young marshal Lin Chuan. It is a multifunctional engineering shovel, which can not only dig trenches, but also chop and chop. At the same time, because of the curvature in the middle, it can make pancakes in the wild.

However, this engineering shovel is currently produced in very small quantities, and only a small number of elite troops and scouts are equipped with it.

Ming Yang took over the engineer shovel, and under the watchful eyes of the staff and officers, the snow covering the surface was shoveled away, exposing the dark soil inside.

The engineer shovel swung down vigorously, and the sharp engineer shovel easily scooped up a large piece of black mud. Ming Yang rubbed the black mud with his fingers, his frown relaxed.

The soil on this mountain ridge is the same as the soil in the flat wilderness not far away. It is not composed of sand and stones, but fine black soil. Even in this cold winter, there is no frozen soil, but it is very soft.

The two staff officers also possessed themselves to check the soil quality, and then their faces showed joy.

"Deputy commander, we can dig holes to hide soldiers." A staff officer suggested.

Ming Yang nodded in satisfaction: "It only takes a snowfall to smooth all the traces."

The rest of the staff and officers were all smiling at the moment, sweeping away the previous gloom, and began to discuss how to hide, what size of hole to dig, how to stay in the hole to keep warm, and other issues.

"Let me order that the first, second, and third infantry flag regiments dig a cave for hiding soldiers on the mountain ridge here, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth infantry flag regiments go to the opposite mountain ridge."

Ming Yang has already made up his mind at this moment, to launch an ambush in this seemingly low and gentle sloping valley. This place looks flat, so it is not easy to set up an ambush, and it happens to be able to paralyze the Han Navy.

"The Seventh and Eighth Infantry Banner Regiments were deployed to the valley entrance on the east side. The Ninth and Tenth Banner Regiments and other Hanhai troops all entered the inclined valley and tightly sealed the valley entrance."

Ming Yang continued to speak, and a series of orders were issued immediately, while the staff and officers made supplements on the sidelines, and finally Ming Yang signed and confirmed the orders.

"Tell the generals of the banner regiments that they must all be concealed before dawn tomorrow." Ming Yang finally added.

With Ming Yang's order, the messengers turned around, got on their horses, and galloped away. At ten o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Explosive Bear Legion arrived at the Xiegu area, and immediately began the civil engineering work.

(End of this chapter)