At dusk, the signalman hurried back from the Yan Army camp and brought the news that Qin Ze wanted to hear.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's ambush in the pine forest has been basically defeated by our army!"

“Only a very small number of people fled deeper into the mountains and forests.”

After the words fell, Qin Ze sat up from his chair: "Okay!"

"How many enemies were killed?"

"Not many. We haven't fully counted them yet, but roughly speaking there are only about 3,000 to 4,000 people."

Hearing this, Qin Ze's face darkened. In such a huge mountain, Qin Ze knew that the Golts would not concentrate their forces at one point. A more effective way of ambush would be to set up ambushes in multiple places.

"Search that place thoroughly. We must not allow the remaining enemy soldiers to cause damage along our route."

"After fully occupying the enemy's position, have the troops move forward along both sides of the main road as quickly as possible to conduct reconnaissance and develop our army's deep routes. We must be cautious of the commanding heights on both sides of the main road, as the enemy is likely to be ambushed in those locations."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The signalman immediately left with the message.

After giving the order, Qin Ze fell into deep thought. Today's battle was obviously just an appetizer. The enemy did not leave too many troops. It was probably because they did not have too many troops, so they had to place their main forces in more important positions.

The troops he sent out had been searching and advancing in the form of combat teams. Although they could successfully defeat a small number of enemy forces, it would still be difficult to take them down if they encountered a heavily guarded obstacle.

'Looks like I'll have to go in with heavy artillery...' he thought.

The main force has more powerful artillery. When conquering dangerous places, large-caliber artillery shells can even change the terrain in a small area to a certain extent during the bombardment.

Now, in the mountainous areas that have been consolidated after the search and suppression, battle groups have been left behind to carry out continuous vigilance. If the dangerous factors have been eliminated, the main force will not be hindered from entering the mountains. Moreover, once the front-line combat units detect the pass heavily guarded by the enemy, the main force can coordinate the attack with the battle groups on both sides of the main road.

However, before using this attack method, Qin Ze hopes that the battle group in front can develop deep into the enemy's territory. In this way, there is no need to engage the enemy head-on, but to launch an attack from the enemy's exposed flank, or even to go around the enemy's rear. Once they penetrate the enemy's defense line and cut it off, the enemy will find it difficult to communicate due to the mountainous terrain, and it will be difficult to provide timely support. His side will gain the most advantages at the lowest cost.

As long as the main force enters the mountain and walks on the main road, the enemy troops on the commanding heights may be able to see them within a certain range. However, this is just right. Letting them see them will only make them focus on the main road.

Thinking of this, Qin Ze immediately summoned a messenger:

"Tomorrow morning, we'll set out into the mountains!"

-

After nightfall.

Kyle, who arrived at the pass first with his light infantry, met Dingle and his group who had been waiting for a long time. After exchanging information, Kyle's face became more solemn.

He had already grasped some information about the battle situation on the front line before, but when Dinger told him in detail all the information about the battle with the Yan people after they entered the country, he truly realized how difficult the enemy was to deal with.

"As you can see, the enemy launched an attack on our position in Songlinjian this morning, and..."

"In less than a day, Songlinjian was occupied by the enemy, and only a few people survived. In the evening, our sentries stationed in the mountains received some soldiers. The enemy did not launch an attack directly, but launched the attack after sufficient reconnaissance."

"The shells they fired were not large-caliber heavy artillery, but smaller-caliber explosive shells. Under the high-saturation bombardment, it is really difficult for our army to hold the existing positions." Dinggel said with a heavy face.

In fact, he had thought that during the enemy's thorough search, the Songlinjian stronghold would be discovered and attacked, but he had never thought that it would be taken away so quickly, and it was the enemy that launched the offensive first. However, from this battle, it can be seen that the enemy's attack did not originate from the main road, but through the more hidden mountains and forests.

After Dingle finished speaking, Willie said sternly: "These cunning guys are just like rats that can get through any hole!"

Kyle frowned and said solemnly:

"If we continue to fight like this, I think not only will we not be able to stop the Yan people, but they will even wipe out our strongholds one by one."

Hearing this, Willy's face changed, while Dingle on the side coughed lightly and nodded: "In the worst case scenario, it is like this, General Kyle."

"But before you came, we were short of troops, and we were in urgent need of weapons and ammunition. If we gathered all our troops to defend one place, the enemy would just launch a fierce attack. Once our front line was broken, we would have no room to maneuver."

Kyle said with a gloomy face:

"It's different now. We have to change our battle plan."

"We can't just wait for the Yan people to attack. When necessary, we can take the initiative to attack!"

As soon as these words came out, Dinger's face changed, and he said in surprise: "General Kyle, take the initiative to attack?"

“How can we…?”

Before he could finish his words, Kyle raised his hand to interrupt: "Appropriate countermeasures are necessary, otherwise we will be led by them by the nose!"

"Since they chose to disperse their forces, the threat to us has been reduced to a certain extent. The reason why your troops ambushed in Songlinjian were defeated was because their position was exposed. This allowed the Yan people to regroup their dispersed forces and launch a strong attack."

"Now that we have joined the battle, our forces will not be at a disadvantage, and we will have more geographical advantages. So we should strike them when they are conducting reconnaissance. Before their forces gather, the enemy's combat effectiveness is at its weakest."

"If we don't attack them now, do we have to wait until they discover our base and gather again before engaging them in battle?"

After he finished speaking, Willy's eyes lit up and he said repeatedly, "That makes a lot of sense!"

"That's exactly what happened!"

Dingle hesitated and said, "But in this case, we will have to deploy a large number of troops to fight in multiple locations, which will test the combat capabilities of the soldiers..."

His words were interrupted again. Kyle waved his hand and said loudly:

"My troops are good at this. They are the best mountain infantry division in the empire."

"From now on, the task of exterminating the Yan people will be taken over by us!"


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