Chapter 639 Mr. Orange, let’s go! Let’s go get a ** together! 【4400】

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat...

The sound of hoofbeats, like a heavy rainstorm, rushed towards Qingdeng.

An Aizu knight galloped on his horse, and with just a snap of his fingers, he was approaching Aitobo.

His shouting, as expected, caused a commotion all around.

"Hey! What happened?"

"It seems like the bandit army is coming!"

"What?! The thieves are coming? Didn't you say they want more?"

"Who knows!"

"No! Let's go! Get the knife quickly! There's going to be a war!"

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In an instant, the noise and commotion spread quickly.

Coincidentally, except for Aoto and Isamu Kondo, there are no other cadre-level figures in this area.

The general secretary and others are digging hard in another direction.

At first, the soldiers in the trench just looked at each other, looking at a loss.

Immediately afterwards, no one knew who was responsible, and he suddenly dropped the equipment in his hand and jumped out of the ditch, trying to return to the camp to get the equipment.

Then, there is the classic "group influence".

More and more people are following suit.

Clang, clang... the thrown hoes and shovels covered most of the trench.

The originally orderly construction site suddenly became chaotic.

Seeing this, Qingdeng raised his eyebrows vigorously, then raised his head and shouted:

"quiet!"

The loud voice spread in all directions, covering the entire audience.

After the reinforcement of "Cloud-Cracking Stone +2", Qingdeng's voice sounded like he was using a loudspeaker.

At this moment, the authority of the "Renou" acted like a needle in the sea.

It was as if the magic of "time stood still" had been cast. In an instant, the noisy scene became silent.

After stabilizing the situation, Qingto turned his head and looked at Isamu Kondo beside him.

"Kondo-kun, please go to this formation quickly, inform Hijikata of the situation here, and ask him to notify all the captains of the Battou team, let them command their respective divisions, be ready for battle, and be on standby at any time!"

Isamu Kondo nodded vigorously.

"Yeah! I'm going now!"

Before he finished speaking, his figure had already moved away, and soon disappeared from Qingdeng's sight.

At the same time as Kondo Isamu ran away, Aoden turned to his followers behind him and ordered:

"Come with me! Take me to the place where I found the enemy!"

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"Moo~~!"

Not long after he returned to the cowshed, Carrot was taken out to work again. He carried Aoden without any resentment and ran all the way, closely following the Aizu knight who had just come to report the news.

Although there is a risk of biting your tongue when talking while riding a bull (horse), you don't have to worry about that much at the moment.

Aoto asked the Aizu knight who was leading the way:

"How many enemy troops are there? Is it a large enemy force?"

In order to fight against the strong wind blowing in his face, the Aizu Knight opened his mouth wide and answered at the maximum volume he could:

"A large group of scouts are approaching! There are nearly thirty in total! They meet the small group led by Lord Sagawa on a narrow road! The two sides are at war!"

After Qingdeng heard this, a solemn look appeared on his face.

Along the way, he held his breath and concentrated, pointed his ears - "Wind Perceiver +1" and "Gathering God" were both activated - to capture every movement and stillness in the wind.

However, no matter how hard he concentrated, he could not hear any noteworthy sound.

It was very quiet...there were only intermittent chirping of insects and birds, and I did not hear the neighing and roaring of horses that should be heard during a cavalry confrontation.

After a while, a familiar figure came into view.

"Sagawa-kun!"

I saw Sagawa Kanbei and several other Aizu knights squatting on the ground of a certain trail, forming a circle, seeming to be observing something.

"Huh? Mr. Tachibana, why are you here?"

Sagawa Kanbei stood up, looking surprised.

"There is an enemy attack - such a major thing happened, how could I not go to the scene to observe the situation in person?"

"The enemy is attacking? Well, if you insist on saying it's 'the enemy is attacking'... That's true, but in the final analysis, it's just a wave of scouts."

Aomori got off the cow and quickly walked to Sagawa Kanbei's side.

"Hmm? This is it?"

Ayoto looked at Sagawa Kanbei's feet - a short, unattractive young man collapsed on the ground, bleeding from all his orifices, his head twisted behind him like a soft noodle, and there was no life left in his body.

"This guy is the bandit I just shot down."

"After suddenly encountering the rebel scout team, I immediately led the team to attack. After killing two people, they immediately dispersed."

"While chasing them, I shot down this guy's horse with one arrow."

Sagawa Kanbei pursed his lips at the corpse at his feet.

"This guy fell down with the horse, broke his neck, convulsed a few times and then died."

"I originally wanted to continue the pursuit, but considering that it was already late at night and everything was dark, it was not appropriate to pursue him in depth, so I stopped after shooting this guy."

Aoto quietly listened to Sagawa Kanbei's report.

"More than thirty scouts were sent out at once...the bandit army has a lot of horses..."

Having a large number of horses means having abundant transportation capacity and sufficient scouting personnel.

Sagawa Kanbei shrugged his shoulders and agreed nonchalantly:

"Is this normal? The Gyeonggi region is already a fertile land. This bandit army has been burning, killing and looting everywhere since they started their army. They must have robbed many good horses."

Gyeonggi is one of the earliest developed lands in Japan.

After thousands of years of construction, Gyeonggi Province has shown extremely extreme polarization.

Some villages are shockingly poor.

Some villages are so wealthy that even ordinary villagers have horses for transportation.

"..."

Qingdeng silently knelt down and took a closer look at the corpses of the scouts and horses, which had begun to turn cold.

Horses are the kind of draft horses that are very common in rural areas and are specially used for hard work. They are quite strong in size.

The advantage of this kind of horse is that it is docile and easy to feed. Its disadvantage is that it is too small and lacks explosive power, so it is not suitable for use as a war horse.

However, no matter what, it is better to have a horse to travel with than to use two legs to travel.

Unless you are in some special terrain, horses are a must-have equipment for scouts.

Without horses, it would be impossible to collect and present intelligence quickly and flexibly.

Use infantry to scout for intelligence... No matter how efficient it is, the scouts can be exhausted to death.

Qingdeng murmured:

"Do the thieves actually know how to send scouts to gather information..."

Sagawa Kanbei shrugged again and sneered:

"Isn't this nothing? Anyone who has listened to a few commentaries of "Three Kingdoms" on the street will know the principle of 'In all methods of marching, scouts are the first. Use cavalry for easy things, and foot for dangerous situations.'"

"Although the bandits have many horses, according to my observation, these bandits generally do not know how to ride horses."

"Their riding skills are only as good as 'making the horse run'."

"Besides, their use of scouts is really stupid."

"To form a team of more than thirty people... is really stupid!"

""A Hundred Battles: Rebuking the War" says: Every five people have a armor, and each person holds a white flag. From a distance, the army marches forward, backward, left, and right, and waits continuously. If you see a traitor, move closer, tell the general, and order everyone

Be prepared in advance. The Dharma says: "The one who prepares for the unexpected will win."

"The size of the scout team sent to detect the enemy's situation should be as small as possible."

"The bandit army organized more than thirty scouts into a team and acted collectively. Wouldn't it be extremely easy to be exposed?"

"Hmph! If it weren't for the weather, I would be sure to annihilate these idiots!"

After saying this, he raised the bow in his hand proudly, and the look of disdain and ridicule on his cheeks was so intense that it could not be added.

"Then again... Since there are scouts here, it means that the large army of rebels is not far from here. Mr. Tachibana, we must build the city as soon as possible and complete preparations to meet the enemy!"

"..." Aideto ignored Sagawa Kanbei's boasting and just pursed his lips silently, thinking deeply.
To be continued...