Chapter 935, The War Begins

In the Zuoyun Mountains, Ren Xiaosu was walking in the mountain wilderness with Ji Zion, just the two of them.

“Bury a set of TNT in this place,” Ren Xiaosu said as he looked at the map while pointing at his feet, “P5092 said that the barbarians will have elite troops passing through here to provide cover for the flanks of the Expeditionary Corps.”

With that said, Ji Zi’ang directly placed the TNT on the ground as Ren Xiaosu said, and then manipulated the soil on the ground to “swallow” the TNT.

Nowadays, burying explosives has also become a technical job, the barbarians have been bombed three times, if buried too obvious will definitely be found by the other side.

There are many excellent hunters in the Expeditionary Corps, and it would be easy for the other side to recognize whether the soil on the surface has been touched or not.

So Ren Xiaosu thought about it and inquired with Ji Zi’ang if it could be buried as if it hadn’t been moved, resulting in Ji Zi’ang saying that it could be.

This answer made Ren Xiaosu overjoyed, as if he had found a new sidekick on the path of the Yin Barbarian.

At this time Ji Ziang suddenly asked, “Major, do you think we can win?”

“Definitely can,” Ren Xiaosu said with certainty, “A group of barbarians is just a group of barbarians, how else can we let them be so rampant in the Central Plains?”

“Then what if we are really trapped here?” Ji Zion said doubtfully, “You know that Wang Run said that the number of Expeditionary Corps on the entire battlefield right now is still around 140,000, which is more than what P5092 estimated at the beginning.”

According to P5092’s plan, they were planning to fight this defensive battle with one for ten, which was still very ideal, meaning that the Sixth Combat Brigade could at most fight off 60,000 Expeditionary Corps.

However, the early collapse of the fire led to Zuo Yunshan and Da Niu Mountain taking all the pressure, Zuo Yunshan alone might have to face 70,000 barbarians, at that time, even if everyone achieved the best results, it might be that the expeditionary corps suffered heavy losses, but the 6th Combat Brigade would definitely be wiped out.

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and consoled, “Actually, if we are really besieged here for more than ten days, then the Sixth Combat Brigade will never fight alone.”

“What do you mean?” Ji Zion was puzzled.

“The troops at Fortress 178 won’t sit back and do nothing, they’re not in the habit of leaving their own people behind,” Ren Xiaosu said.

“But P5092 said in a previous meeting that the best strategy for Fortress 178 is to hold on to the northwest instead of easily sending troops to the Central Plains,” Ji Ziang said.

“The best strategy is of course this,” Ren Xiaosu smiled, “but when has Northwest ever cared about these rules and regulations, there are more than 6,000 Northwest brothers in Zuo Yun Mountain, Mr. Zhang will not see us all die in battle, Northwest’s troop strength nowadays can be much stronger than before. ”

In the early morning of the fifth day, the defense position suddenly blew the emergency assembly horn.

Ren Xiaosu put on his clothes and got out of his tent, he rushed to the command tent and asked, “What’s wrong?”

P5092 was already fully dressed at this time and stood in front of the sand table, “The scouts under Wang Yun have discovered the enemy, the expeditionary regiment has appeared forty kilometers away driving more than three thousand stragglers, and they are expected to arrive at Zuoyun Mountain at the break of dawn. I just don’t know if they will stop to rest, according to their marching progress, the main force of the Expeditionary Corps should maintain good stamina and is ready to engage in battle. Moreover, the Expeditionary Corps besieging this place outside Zuoyun Mountain has been resting for so many days, if they don’t fight again, their morale will start to drop.”

“You’re thinking that they might launch an attack directly after arriving at Zuoyun Mountain?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“Yes,” P5092 said, “I estimate that the break of dawn will usher in a vicious battle, which will most likely last as long as a day, and the various main units of the Expeditionary Corps are already poised to come up, and will take turns coming up to deplete the Sixth Combat Brigade’s strength in a wheel-like fashion, so we need to be ready for that. ”

“Then fight them,” said Ren Xiaosu.

“Tomorrow, there will definitely be an expeditionary regiment trying to break through the blockade line of the defense position,” P5092 said, “You also know that there are still experts hidden in the expeditionary regiment, and their destructive power against the defense position is too strong, and they will definitely appear out of nowhere in tomorrow’s positional battle. That’s why you, Major, shouldn’t go easy on them, you must wait for these experts to appear.”

“Understood,” Ren Xiaosu nodded.

“Also,” P5092 suddenly said, “If the Expeditionary Corps drives the stragglers over to charge the formation, Major Marshal must not be merciful ……”

P5092’s greatest worry was that Ren Xiaosu would not be able to bear to do anything when he saw the miserable state of those stragglers and seek other foolproof ways to save those stragglers, and that would definitely delay the timing of the detonation.

In war, how can there be so many things that can be done both ways?

Ren Xiaosu agreed.

But at dawn, when those stragglers were driven into the mountains by the expeditionary corps, Ren Xiaosu was still a bit shocked.

Only to see those stragglers walking from afar, one by one, their feet were still bleeding when they stepped on the mountain road, and in order to make these stragglers look pitiful enough, the expeditionary corps even ordered these stragglers to throw away all their shoes and walk barefoot.

The look of those stragglers was numb, but when they saw the appearance of the human position in the Central Plains in front of them, one by one, they cheered and ran wildly, as if they had seen the savior.

The Expeditionary Corps was right behind them, closely adorned, ready to wait for an opportunity.

Everyone on the defense position was silent, these days the officers had already told the soldiers more than once what they had to face, and the Major had already taken the hardest thing to do over, they just needed to wait quietly and then avenge these Central Plains people.

It wasn’t the Major General who killed these people, the Expeditionary Corps was the culprit.

Ren Xiaosu could see from afar in the eyes of those stragglers, a sudden glow, because these people finally saw hope, like they were going to the end of their suffering and see the light again.

It was just that these stragglers did not yet know what awaited them.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized why P5092 had specifically urged again, never be soft, because the other party must have thought of this scene.

Those three thousand or so people were clearly looking at you with anticipation and exhilaration, but you had to kill these people who had high hopes for you with your own hands, it was a very cruel thing to do.

So cruel that even Ren Xiaosu breathed heavily, and for the first time, he also felt how heavy it was to let down the expectations and trust of more than three thousand people.

He asked Wang Run next to him, “Have your spies left?”

“No,” Wang Run shook his head, “He is in these crowds, there is no chance to escape.”

P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu, he was now very worried that Ren Xiaosu would hesitate, however before he could say anything, Ren Xiaosu pressed the switch of the detonator as the stragglers rushed past the detonation site.

Zuoyun Mountain resounded with the roar of explosions, a series of buried explosives raised a huge smoke, Ren Xiaosu looked at this scene silently with an iron color, as if he wanted to memorize all this in his mind.

The real war in Zuoyun Mountain has begun.