Chapter 1018: War (Part 1)

After the battle plan was confirmed, the two men immediately began to organize their forces to move to the valley area in the south. This time, they not only brought all the main forces, but also brought a lot of sleds, horses, and yaks, all of which were prepared to transport the meat spoils.

This amount of meat is not a small amount. Even if all the people in the north of the Han tribe were given a piece, they would be able to get a lot.

The march of a large group of people would definitely not be too fast, and Youye and Qubing did not rush them. Everyone slowly walked towards the valley, and at the same time, they also sent out a lot of scouts to monitor the surrounding situation at any time.

The cannibal hunting team relied entirely on human transportation and walked very slowly. The Han tribe had to hide from them and not let them find out that the Han tribe had robbed the prey they left behind, otherwise they would not come back, so Qubing and his men were also deliberately suppressing the speed of the march.

After walking for five days, the scouts outside came back to report that the 3,000-man cannibal transport team had reached the edge of the northern forest and was about to return to their own sphere of influence. Even if they turned back now, it would take several days. This was the best time for the Han tribe to attack.

After Qubing and Youye received the news, they immediately led the main force of more than 6,000 people to kill towards the valley in the south. The main force of the Shen Ce Guards, 2,500 people, and 4,000 elite militiamen, carrying a large amount of equipment, rushed towards the valley.

When the team reached the periphery of the north side of the valley, they immediately hid and waited for Qubing's attack order.

"Qubing, how are you going to fight? If we rush over directly, will they all escape from the other end of the valley?" Youye asked directly.

In terms of combat, Qubing was the commander appointed by the leader, and Youye's responsibility was only to assist from the side, so the direct combat order still needed to be issued by Qubing.

"Well, here's what I think. This battle is actually easy to fight. We will first secretly transport one or two thousand people outside the valley, and then send a few hundred people to the high ground on both sides of the valley. When the battle starts, we will attack from both ends of the valley at the same time. Of course, it's not a real attack, but to gather the enemies together.

"Then we will throw down a large net from the high ground on both sides of the cliff, and wait until all the enemies are covered. Then our main forces at both ends of the valley will rush forward to subdue them. This will minimize the enemy's losses and capture more people alive, and we won't have any casualties ourselves. What do you think, Uncle You?" Qubing thought about it and made a decision immediately. At the same time, in order to show his respect for Youye, he took the initiative to ask Youye's opinion.

"Okay, I think it's okay, but you have to be careful when crossing the mountain. At this time, the mountain is covered with ice and snow, and the road is slippery, but it's not easy to climb. Don't let a few people get hurt in the battle, but instead cause non-combat casualties when crossing the mountain. That would be bad. "After Youye nodded in agreement, he also expressed his concerns.

"This is easy. We have brought so many ropes and rope nets. We can use these rope nets as ladders. Not to mention snow-capped mountains, even cliffs cut by knives can be climbed over." Qubing said without any worries, especially about climbing rope nets. They, the Shen Ce Guard, had been trained in this when they were in Hanyang County.

"Okay, as long as you have confidence, I completely agree with everything else." Youye reiterated.

"Well, let's act immediately. It will be difficult to deal with it at night when it gets dark. "Qubing nodded and started to make arrangements immediately.

Crossing the snow mountain was quite difficult, so the number of people should not be too large, and those who crossed over should be carefully selected. Too few would not work, and too many would not be necessary. In the end, Qubing proposed a plan of 1,000 regular soldiers and militiamen from the Shen Ce Guard.

The 1,000 men from the Shen Ce Guard could be deployed at will, because the Shen Ce Guard had been trained in this area. As for the 1,000 militiamen, Qubing selected the 1,000 militiamen recruited from the hunting camp.

The militiamen in the hunting camp were originally semi-professional hunters, who survived in the wild and hunted. They were experienced, had encountered all kinds of terrain, were quite agile, and even provided the rope nets used this time. Although they were slightly inferior to the professional warriors of the Shen Ce Guards, they were much stronger than the militias in the Salt Pond and the River Valley.

After the order was issued, everyone immediately started to move. The Shen Ce Guards took the lead in climbing the snowy mountain. They used their daggers as ice picks and the help of ropes. Several people quickly climbed up, and then these people fixed the ropes and let them down, and they could quickly pull the rest up.

After hundreds of people climbed to the top of the cliff, everyone worked together to pull the rope net up. The rope net was not light. It was a huge net woven with thick hemp ropes. It was usually used for hunting. It could withstand the fierce struggle of dozens of large beasts. If it was not strong, it could not be used for hunting.

After everyone pulled the rope net up, they lowered it to the south side of the mountain, hanging it on the cliff, and then the people who went up followed the rope net down to the bottom of the mountain.

A total of 2,000 soldiers were finally sent to the other side of the mountain after a long struggle.

At the same time, Qubing also sent another 400 soldiers of the Shen Ce Guard to climb to the high ground on both sides of the valley. They were the ones who were going to cast the net on it.

After everything was arranged, it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon. The soldiers on both sides of the valley had all finished their meals and rested for half an hour. A few minutes before three o'clock, Qubing officially issued the combat order.

Bang————

A fierce shotgun sound echoed in the valley. Qubing fired the first shot of this battle, and at the same time, it was a signal to attack the teams on both sides.

More than a thousand cannibal warriors who stayed in the valley were immediately startled and looked in the direction of the sound vigilantly. They didn't even know what the sound was just now, because these people had not come into contact with the firearms army of the Han tribe until now.

However, the next moment, gunshots suddenly broke out at both ends of the valley, and countless figures suddenly emerged from both

ends of the valley. One in front and one behind were two shield walls composed of half-human-high solid wooden shields. There was no gap between the shield walls, and they were arranged neatly, blocking the front and back ends of the valley completely, leaving no gap for even one person to pass through. It was obvious that they wanted to block them all in.

Behind those shield walls was a row of soldiers wearing dark green military coats, wearing thunder (harmony) front caps on their heads, and holding bayoneted rifles in their hands. The silver bayonets reflected the cold light, almost blinding their eyes.

Bang -

at this moment, the "sticks" with bayonets suddenly burst into flames and loud noises, which scared the cannibal warriors.

One of them was even more shocked to find that just at that moment, something seemed to fly out of the strange weapon in the opponent's hand, and then pierced through a dead donkey on the ground.

You know, the dead donkey had been frozen for nearly ten days, and it was frozen solid. The whole thing was like an ice lump. It couldn't be pierced by knives, axes, spears, and bows and arrows. But the opponent's weapon actually pierced through the dead donkey in one go. How could he not be surprised.

(End of this chapter)