Chapter 48 Forced March
In the hilly areas in the western part of Luoshan Province, more than 10,000 Xingtu soldiers were marching at a rapid speed, and the black battle flag was swept up by the wind.
"Huhh..." The soldiers gasped, and the long marching line was like a long black dragon, pounced towards the city of Teres in the distance.
In the village on the edge of the jungle, Lin Chuan captured the tax officer sent by Tres City. In order to survive, the tax officer who was greedy and feared of death said everything he knew was poured out.
Tres City is a big city close to the Yunshan Mountains in the west of Luoshan Province. Because it is close to the Yunshan Mountains, many merchants often come and buy mountain goods and animal skins, so it is considered rich.
According to the information of the captured tax officials, Lin Chuan learned that a Xingtu army appeared in the southern part of Luoshan Province. Most of the garrisons in Tres City were transferred to the southern part by the provincial governor, so now there are less than one thousand garrisons in Tres City.
After receiving this news, Lin Chuan was ecstatic. Tres City is a big city in the western part of Luoshan Province, which governs hundreds of miles of land. It is a wealth that can be imagined.
Now Trace is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, without any defense. After the Xing Tu army fought, both weapons and equipment and soldiers suffered heavy losses. At this moment, it is urgent to add to it. Faced with the lamb, Xing Tu army, as a vicious wolf, will naturally not let it go.
In order to prevent accidents, Xing Tu Army Commander Lin Nuoyan ordered the entire army to advance at a rapid speed and must arrive at Teres before sunset. After all, as a big city, Teres could not always defend against such an empty defense, and the city lord would definitely recruit troops to return to defense.
"Sir, I really can't walk..."
The fat tax officer was sweating heavily at the moment, panting with exhaustion, bent over and gasping, and waved his hand at Lin Chuan and said that he could not do it anymore.
Lin Chuan frowned and said, "Carry him and go."
Two Xingtu soldiers, like wolves and tigers, walked to the fat tax officer, each of them stood up and continued to move forward.
On the way forward of Xingtu Army, we encountered several small towns with garrisons, but these towns generally had only garrisons between 100 and 500 people and had few troops.
For a small town with garrisons, the rapidly advancing Xing Tu army took a detour outside the town, too lazy to spend time on attacking.
So there was an interesting scene. In the western part of Luoshan, a force with black battle flags marched quickly, while the dynasty local garrison stood on its own defense line and watched them leave. There was no battle between the two sides.
First, the garrison troops were weak and insufficient to protect themselves, so how could they dare to fight? Second, the Xingtu army marched too fast, so often the garrison sentries found an army coming towards them and hurriedly reported to the commander. When their commanders came out to check, they could only see the smoke and dust disappearing from afar.
However, there was still a bold garrison officer with two hundred garrison soldiers to stop the sudden appearance of Xing Tu army.
Seeing the garrison troops lined up to block the way, Lin Chuan ordered to Sith: "The 1,000-man team destroyed them, and the rest continued to move forward."
"Sir, obey the order", after the Sith said, he waved his hand, and a thousand soldiers of Xingtu, who were like wolves and tigers, separated from the marching queue and rushed towards the garrison positions in front.
The garrison officer trembled and wanted to show his courage. He stood in front of the trench and raised his sword and said, "I am the captain of the garrison here, I want you to put down your weapons..."
"Noisy!" The Sith jumped up impatiently, slashed the garrison's head with one knife, and blood spilled out, which was particularly gorgeous in the sun.
"Ah!" Seeing that his chief was easily chopped off, the rest of the garrison soldiers who were swearing to make contributions were stunned.
The Xingtu warriors, who were like wolves and tigers, didn't care about so many. They were like a black torrent, and the red garrison defense line collapsed and became fragmented.
The Xingtu soldiers raised their swords and raised their battle axes, like evil wolves, constantly chopping the garrison soldiers who were crying for their parents.
Most of these garrison soldiers were organized by young and strong local areas, and their weapons were just light weapons and two-handed broad swords. At this moment, facing the rapid attack of Xingtu warriors, the psychological defense line collapsed and turned around and fled.
Just as the Sith led a thousand men to massacre the garrisons, the rest of the Xingtu army were quickly passing through the edge of the battlefield and marching forward.
When dusk fell, Xing Tujun was able to see the tall city wall of Tres from afar.
The continuous march had exhausted Xing Tujun. Lin Nuoyan ordered two hours to rest and recover his strength, while the scouts scattered out to inquire about Tres.
Soon Ye Fei's scout team sent back the news that Tres City is indeed as the captured tax officials said, with only less than a thousand garrisons.
"Sir, I said I won't lie to you, right?" The fat tax officer breathed a sigh of relief at this moment and said charmingly to Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan: "If you say it wrong, your head will be gone. You should be glad you didn't lie."
Hearing Lin Chuan's words, the tax officer felt a chill on his back. Although the young rebel officer usually had a gentle smile, he could not rub the slightest sand in his eyes.
As night fell, Tres closed the heavy city gate, the torches on the city chopped were lit, the guard soldiers on the city were wearing strong and held sharp edges, and the crossbow arrows on the city flashed with a cold light.
In the darkness, a "garrison soldier" of about 500 people came from a distance, and the one who walked in the front was the fat tax officer.
Lin Chuan wore the captured dynasty military uniform, pressed the dagger behind the tax officer, and threatened in a low voice: "If you dare to play tricks, I will kill you immediately."
The tax officer looked pale and slowly moved forward and said, "Sir, do you think I am like a lying person? Besides, I want to live a few more years."
"Who!" A shout came from the city tower at this moment.
"As I teach you," Lin Chuan calmed his dagger forward and said in a low voice.
The tax officer moistened his throat and suddenly shouted at the guards, "Are you blind? I've only been out for a few days, and you don't recognize me!"
Lin Chuan suddenly felt a stern when the tax officer scolded him, because this was not what he taught the tax officer. He tried his best and was about to kill the tax officer. When he ordered a strong attack, the defender's answer made Lin Chuan temporarily relieve his intention to kill.
A low-level officer poked the torch forward and saw the fat tax officer. He hurriedly smiled and said, "[31 Novel Network] It turned out to be Lord Lu. Didn't you go to the west to collect taxes? Why did you bring these people back?"
When the garrison officer saw four or five hundred people behind the tax officer, he still felt a little suspicious.
The tax officer cursed loudly and said, "The taxes that are so silly are all poor people who have gained nothing in the past few days and will be criticized by the city lord."
"By the way, this is Lin Chuan, the 11th Banner Battalion stationed in the northern region. He was ordered to come to Teres and strengthen his defense." The tax officer pointed at Lin Chuan behind him and said.
Lin Chuan stepped forward and said coldly: "I am Lin Chuan, a thousand people. I am ordered to come and reinforce you. Is this how you treat guests?!"
Lin Chuan has always led his troops and his words have a sense of majesty. As he spoke, he had already suppressed the low-level garrison officer.
"Open the door now, open the door now." I heard that the other party was an officer of the Thousand-Man Chief, but he was an officer who was on par with his boss. The guards no longer hesitated and hurriedly ordered the door to be opened.
Chapter completed!