The situation that Li Xin had imagined, that the rebels would be eliminated and launch a final counterattack, did not happen.
But it's normal to think about it. How can the rebels with only light weapons deal with the regular army?
Li Xin's work of plowing the fields and clearing the holes lasted for more than four months.
It can be said that they swept across the mountainous area repeatedly, and replaced the troops several times in the middle, rotating the stationed troops.
It can not only allow the first batch of soldiers to rest, but also allow the second batch of soldiers to exercise.
This battle has greatly increased everyone's combat effectiveness.
Later, Li Xin even arranged for the garrison soldiers to join the battle.
Yadun is cold in winter, and the snow on the mountains is so deep that you can ski.
In this environment, even if you sit in an all-terrain vehicle, it will be very cold.
The soldiers of the mountain brigade, wearing winter combat uniforms and eating high-energy rations, sometimes shivered from the cold while marching and attacking in such an environment.
As for the days of the resistance army, they were even worse, and could be said to be quite miserable.
These resistance forces are as slippery as loaches. If it weren't for the resources and equipment in the stronghold, they would run faster than rabbits.
They ran away before the soldiers of the mountain brigade could surround them.
This trick was very useful in dealing with other people's encirclement and suppression in the past, but it is not effective against Li Xin.
In the past, whether it was Rhodes Power, Locke Kingdom, or the previous defense directors of Blueprint.
It’s not that they didn’t have ways to deal with these resistance forces, but every time they sent troops into the mountains, the resistance forces would flee.
After they left, I came back again.
During the era when Rod Power ruled, there were not so many rebels here. The mountain warriors at that time could just hide in the mountains and no one would find them.
During the era of the Locke Kingdom, there were slightly more rebels, but still less than one-third of the current number.
Moreover, their efforts to suppress these rebels were not strong, and the task was mainly left to the local armed forces at the time, which were the predecessors of the Freedom Eagles and the Yadun Liberation Front.
By the time of Blueprint's rule, there were already many resistance forces. The army had entered and suppressed them several times, but after the army withdrew, the resistance here revived.
Coupled with the support of other organizations, this place has really become a quagmire.
Together with the previous defense chief Xiang Qi, he stayed here for seven or eight years, harboring enemies and reselling arms.
This is why the number of rebels in this place has become so large and so troublesome.
However, after Li Xin's several operations, these resistance forces are now becoming extremely troubled.
The settlement was blocked, and it was extremely difficult to transport anything out of the settlement.
The border has also been blocked, so there is no way to transport supplies in through the border.
Regarding the border, Li Xin adheres to the principle of strict entry and lenient exit. If you want to send anything in, there is no chance at all.
If you want to leave Yadun, Nali Xin will welcome you with open arms.
He even released a group of prisoners and asked them to tell the resistance army that as long as they were willing to leave Yadun and walk on the main road, Li Xin would not send troops to attack.
The sentry post should pretend not to notice them, but once you go out, don’t think about coming back.
During this period, many rebels could not bear it and eventually chose to flee the mountainous area of Yadun.
After all, in this kind of mountainous area, there is nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and no place to live.
Li Xin mobilized 5,000 mountain troops to conduct continuous searches in the mountainous area. When they found any traces of the rebels, they opened fire directly.
These troops rotate, with each group staying in the mountains for a maximum of one month, and then being replaced by troops stationed in the rear.
The soldiers were retrained and the garrison was also trained.
Those rebels were in a really miserable state. One by one, their strongholds, nests and hiding places were discovered.
In the mountains of Yadun, there are at least one thousand to two thousand rebel strongholds and hideouts.
However, as the campaign progressed, one stronghold after another was discovered and destroyed.
What was destroyed was not only the caves and simple dwellings, but also various supplies.
At the beginning, the rebels were able to hold on. After all, they had many strongholds. If you destroyed one, they would still have several.
However, as the attack went deeper and deeper, fewer and fewer strongholds remained, and more and more supplies were destroyed.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and the resistance army had a hard time.
The necessary survival supplies have been blocked by Li Xin, and their possibility of obtaining food has been reduced, so they can only eat what is in stock.
But the inventory will only get smaller and smaller.
Moreover, fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft are constantly conducting low-altitude reconnaissance in the sky, and these aircraft are also equipped with heat source capture systems.
Although the mountainous area is large, there are not many places left to hide people after being cleared by Li Xin.
In this situation, it is difficult for these rebels to even raise the temperature to keep warm.
There are very few caves in the mountainous area, and there are places with abnormal temperatures in this cold mountainous area.
If it is swept by aerial reconnaissance planes, it will soon be attacked by soldiers from the mountain brigade.
…
A destroyed cave.
Although the tunnel inside the cave has been destroyed, there is still a depression on the outside that can block the biting cold wind.
A unit of the Freedom Defenders is now hiding here.
They simply built walls with stones and filled the gaps with snow to block the cold wind. Two or three hundred people huddled here.
These rebel soldiers were all wearing thick clothes, almost all of their clothes.
There was a howling cold wind outside, and the temperature inside was higher than outside.
Rahim, the leader of the Freedom Defenders, huddled at the edge of the crowd. He looked at the endless expanse of white snow outside. A gust of wind blew by, and he couldn't help shivering.
They are like penguins hibernating, and the people on the periphery will be constantly rotated to ensure the temperature in the inner circle.
Even the leader Rahim did not accept the privilege of staying in the middle and rotated to the outside.
After shivering, Rahim took out a small piece of food. It was a crop they once grew. After being cooked, it tasted like sour and smelly snot.
But there's no way to heat it up now, it's frozen as a rock.
Rahim looked at the weather outside. The sun was shining on the ground, but it did not bring any warmth.
He took a hard bite of the food, feeling the cold touch exploding in his mouth. After the food was warmed up, the sour smell seemed so delicious to Rahim.
After taking a few bites, he continued to put the food back into his arms.
There is not much food left, so we need to eat sparingly.
Rahim looked at the snow outside and murmured, "This isn't going to work. We need to find a way to survive..."
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