Section 1: Target (Medium)

In terms of defense, the March tribe is very dedicated and has already regarded itself as a role model for local forces.

Its main camp site imitates the style of inland towns as much as possible, with wooden fences and guardhouses, and a fixed guard. In addition, about twenty miles around the main camp site, they set up four small camps in a circular shape based on the river.

These small camps of about 1,000 people not only solve the problem that the entire tribe is difficult to live in concentrated areas, but also provide protection and early warning for the central camp. Because of the mutual distance and terrain advantages, no matter where the enemy attacks, it is impossible to bypass the small camp, but the central camp can quickly mobilize troops to support...

Unfortunately, because they had just wiped out their local archenemy, Chief March took away most of the troops during the proud midsummer hunt, probably to show off his power in front of other tribes, but left a camp with empty defense.

The main force was not at home, and they didn't even put too many eyeliners around the camp, which was very perfunctory. But Townsend liked to fight the most was this kind of incomplete military opponent - because war is a cruel struggle where you die and I live, so there is no reason to bully the enemy!

Early in the morning of the third day of landing, the thorn rose's sneak attack troops had cleared the periphery and lurked in the hills on the south side of the March tribe. The soldiers seized the time to finish the pre-war extra meals and then rested under the orders of the officers. Because the troops had conducted targeted training before, few people had to go around the scattered small tribal settlements every day, and the entire army did not fall behind and reduced their troops, and the soldiers still maintained relatively high fighting spirit.

Soldiers rested in the field, and the non-commissioned officers wandered gently in the queue to check their equipment, while Townsend took his senior officers to put on disguised clothes and climbed the highest hill nearby. The officers in charge of each army and at each link stood by the woods on the hill, looking at the quiet field with their superiors.

What a good place!

The hills at our feet are the edges of the southern hills. From here, the fertile and flat land extends on both sides and in front, laying out an oval shape, and the end cannot be seen at first sight. The terrain is gentle, and the center of the plain is slightly raised.

Two rivers flow out from the hills in the north and west, circled seven or eight bends on the plain, and finally converged in the eastward direction of the center. During this period, three wetlands and seven large and small lakes were connected. Under the irrigation of the two rivers, the entire plain was lush, with forests and full of vitality. There are six roads leading to the four directions, but the situation is not very good.

The farmland reclaimed by the Maqi people accounted for less than one-thirty of the arable area. The location is convenient and the area is like a plaster. There is no way to see that there has been a plan.

The main site of March is located five miles away from the confluence point of the river, but perhaps it is because it is unable to transform the river channel, or it is more important to pay attention to the terrain. Their main site is placed upright on the high ground in the center of the plain. The scale of the main site is actually not large. If it is placed in the inland, it is just a small town, so the wooden fence is still quite far from the river, and it has not been able to incorporate the river into an effective defense system.

Think about it, the indigenous tribes with thousands of people must have limited capacity in construction. Fortunately, they have also made remedial measures, which is to set up small camps in four directions. If the main camp is a town, the size of the small camp is a village. They are nailed to the four corners of the main camp - the distance between the main camp is about fifteen miles short and no more than twenty miles long.

This kind of core and four support arrangement is like opening an umbrella for the entire Maqi tribe. When they cooperate with each other, the defense depth will be expanded many times, and the limited defense force can become more tenacious and flexible... But for the malicious Thorn Rose, the defense system formed by these five camps is not so easy to gnaw. If we further consider the number of people in the Maqi tribe and the number of people in the Thorn Rose, it is not a question of whether it is easy to gnaw.

Thinking of the strategy that Townsend set was a sneak attack, the officers were all embarrassed when they saw the scene in front of them. This is no wonder, because the officers did not know the strength of the enemy, and at the same time, they did not know their own strength.

Townsend naturally saw the officers' expressions.

To be honest, Townsend had already been confident in this battle, and even the subsequent series of battles. In his distant memory, the Red Empire's history of tempered battles was extremely rich, and any case of finding a battle example can solve the situation in front of him.

The officers had not been in this business for a long time and encountered such a complicated situation, and it was impossible to think of any good idea. But Townsend's original intention of holding the meeting was not to seek opinions from his subordinates, but to let them think about it. As long as they began to think about the problem, they would carefully understand it in the subsequent battle and carefully ponder Townsend's tactics, and the value of this battle would come out.

Townsend, with a serious expression, picked up a branch and pointed to the plain in front of him and began to explain. This lecture took almost an entire hour.

For officers with a bright mind, Townsend would ask them to simulate and deal with them; for those who are not so good at working, Townsend would simplify their tasks, so that they could associate "a certain situation" with "what they want to do", remember when to advance, when to retreat, when to shout or fight to the death... and strive to be a carrot and a pit, and never let people be idle on the battlefield.

Surrounded by Townsend, listening to Townsend's teachings, the officers' confusion gradually disappeared. They nodded constantly and asked questions constantly, gradually becoming confident. Some people were eager to try before the meeting ended.

Finally, Townsend waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting. His subordinates saluted solemnly and scattered and followed the paths to his troops. Townsend turned around and looked at the field in front of him silently.

The whip in his hand tapped his grey gently, very slowly, but with a strange rhythm.

"Brother Ya Hengda!" On the lurking position of the Guards, a small man stood up from the weeds and lowered his voice to the approaching big officer: "What is the front? Is it like in Xuegu?"

"...This is a standard farming tribe settlement, and we will definitely encounter it in the future. The leader took us to see it. The small village surrounds the big village, and no matter what direction we choose, we can't get around it. The big village can support them at any time. Moreover, the small village also has walls and barriers. If we don't invest our money, we will really not be able to eat it for a while."

"Isn't that - terrible?" The little man's voice lowered: "We ran so far to attack, but now the situation is that as soon as we show up, it will be a strong attack. Should we wait for the sneak attack tonight?"

"I said this just now, guess what do you think of the chief answer?" Yaheng said to the little man in the tone and expression of Townsend, "Night attack is a good idea, but the current target is one, four small, with a wide battlefield and complex enemy situations. If we do not suppress the enemy's resistance in a short period of time and drag it into a war of attrition, the unfamiliar environment and terrain will be even more unfamiliar to us."

"Ah? What should I do if I'm mom?" The little man was stunned when he heard this.

"Stupid!" Ya Heng smiled complacently and showed off what he had just learned: "The battle has become a strong attack from the beginning of us. This strong attack is the opposite of our strategy. Because the purpose of sneak attack is to find ways to avoid major casualties, so these casualties must be transferred to the enemy."

"...I didn't understand..." The little man shook his head blankly.

"When we fight in such places, we have to take advantage of their blindness and find ways to seduce them, let them go out of the village by themselves, and then kill them halfway - but there is a new problem." Yaheng made a gesture and learned the leader's posture by five or six points.

"The attack on the Maqi tribe in front of us is just the beginning of a series of battles. Our real purpose is to let the Maqi troops go out to receive vague warnings. This is their nest, so they will immediately turn around to rescue them, but the hunting ground is not much or less, and there are more than two hundred miles away. When they run to the place, they have become dead dogs - that is when we show our power."

"Ah...I seem to understand..."

"Just understand, the leader said that fighting is not a problem. The key is to prevent them from delivering accurate messages during the fight." Yaheng patted the small man's shoulder: "Ano, this is your mission. You must block the wolf smoke from sending messages from the long distance of the March tribe."

"How to block that thing?" Arnold became anxious as soon as he heard it: "I just found a place and ordered it. Will I pee and water it?"

"Who the fuck made you pee? The leader said, we can't do anything about them, but we can also go around and light wolf smoke! And we can also increase the price. Remember, we are now the vicious tribal robbers - so the solution is like this. We lit a village, took advantage of the rescue of the troops in the central camp, and then began to harass everywhere and drive them out."

"I understand!" Arnold nodded repeatedly: "I'll call up people now!"

"Leave some snacks." Yaheng finally explained: "Be careful to cooperate with Quinni and the others' attack time."

"I know, I'll pay attention."

When Arnold started to be busy, a puzzled question rang out in the resting ground of the light infantry team not far away: "Sir, just drive out? Don't you need to kill them?"

"The leader said that if you don't give people a way out, others will fight you. There is no need for us to suffer casualties in this link. Besides, we can get rid of people in the wilderness. Let them run away and be exhausted, and then do whatever you want... And be careful when sniping, and some people must be allowed to run out to promote us."

Afury, the captain of the second light infantry team, was standing among the non-commissioned officers to explain the tactics.

"As the last key to this battle, we cannot use the name of the Thorn Rose, but attack in the name of the Oahu tribe. The Oahu will be the first to appear, and we will cause the slaves of the Oahu tribe to rebel in the inside and outside. This 'truth' will make their outside troops become angry and lose their judgment while underestimating the enemy."

"Anyway, you just think that this is hunting, and you will be exhausted and confused first, and then kill them in the end!" The men surrounded him, and their confusing faces slowly thought, just like Afuli himself not long ago: "We must prepare carefully. When the Oahu starts, we will almost be on the court."

As Afuli mentioned, Oahu was approaching the woods on the front line, and he was holding a mace to explain tactics to his direct subordinates. Unlike other officers, Oahu's expression was very fierce, and his eyes were full of desire for battle. Of course, the tactical arrangements he explained were also learned from Townsend.

"The leader is looking at us, and the brothers are looking at us. We are the first wave, and the responsibility is very heavy! Do you have the confidence to do it well?"

"Yes! There must be!" The subordinates nodded repeatedly: "Leave it to me, please don't worry, sir."

"Twenty of us are very important! My primary goal is to save people. First, save people. When you are discovered, you will shout slogans. The content will be taught to you later." Oahu said: "You must move quickly and start ruthlessly. This is to fight desperately! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" someone from his subordinate asked, "But we don't know where the person is..."

"The leader specially arranged for elite brothers to do information in front of him. It was already dawn, and I was afraid that no one would come out to do business?" Oahu said firmly: "Believe in our brothers. If our brothers are not elite, then the other army should die!"

The sky gradually became brighter, and smoke began to emerge from the five camps. People who were getting up in the morning began to prepare for today's work, and housewives also called the family for dinner with shouting or cursing.

Among the local natives, the Maqi tribe is very rich, so their people can eat two meals a day. Some families have dinner tables and are placed around the yard to eat; but some people do not have the treatment and can only eat raw and cold grains and drink cold water to deal with it; some people need to stagger out of the village while gnawing the worst food - some want to grazle domestic animals, and some want to go out.

In less than an hour, more than forty people were caught by the monkey, including men, women, young and old. There was even a little shepherd boy from the Oahu tribe. The little brat who returned to his relatives' arms cried so much that he was almost choked to death by the military rations with salt and candy. However, he finally remembered that he and other slaves lived there, and pointed it at Oahu one by one.

I learned a lot from the little kid, and Ohu was very angry. He lay on the lurking position, clenched his fists and endured hard - wait! He had to wait! Because the troops responsible for the encirclement were not in place yet, and because the vanguards responsible for the infiltration had not sent any signal.
Chapter completed!