C247 (1/2)
Just as we were anxiously waiting, we didn't wait for Ma Chao to return, but instead heard a sound coming from behind us, giving us a fright. We thought that the enemies were surrounding us from the back, and just as Huang Long and the rest were about to make a move, they were stopped by me immediately.
Two minutes later, a group of about two to three hundred people from the Japanese Army were walking towards us, cleaning the traces left behind by the Japanese Army. When they arrived before us, I could hear the gist of their words.
These soldiers were complaining about the superfluous actions of the headquarters. How could there be any troops following them, causing them to suffer for an entire night without a single fly following them? Of course, they were complaining, but after being scolded by a leader, these people reluctantly shut their mouths and continued walking into the valley.
I secretly sized them up and found that these people were indeed very tired. They all had bad complexions and they had already consumed most of their supplies during this period of time. All of them were thin and sallow, which was why there were so many complaints as they watched them disappear in front of our eyes.
Huang Long and the others had gathered over, and Huang Long said softly: ”Young Master, looks like these fellows are the teams that we sent out last night to attract our attention, then this must be their main base. What do we do now?”
Looking at the way the enemies were leaving, I thought of Ma Chao who had not returned yet. Thus, I said to Huang Long and the others, ”All of you should find a good position in the vicinity, hide and prepare for battle, but do not take the lead in shooting, understand? Luckily, the enemies are very confident, they think that we will not be able to find this place and have not left any hidden sentries nearby, but there are definitely a lot of hidden sentries around the outskirts of the enemy camp, so everyone must remain calm. I'll go in and see if we can figure out the enemy's position.
Hearing that, Huang Long immediately said: ”Young Master, please let me in, I will be more careful, you will lead this place.”
I shook my head. ”Alright, it's not like you don't know my abilities. What are you worried about? Are you afraid that I'll be eaten by them? If I want to be ruthless, don't even mention them, what can they do to me this entire day?” I just want to experience the pleasures of war and gain some experience for me, so you guys better take care of this gate for me and pay close attention to the movements of the enemies. If any enemies come out, don't block them and send people to follow them.
Huang Long and the others could tell that it was true, if something really went wrong with me, it would not be an easy task. Therefore, Huang Long and the others nodded seriously: ”Alright, then young master, be careful.”
After talking to them for a while, I quickly caught up with the troops that had just returned. I hid myself behind them and followed them inside.
There were quite a few sentries along the way. Originally, they thought that they would arrive at the valley below very soon, but after walking for half an hour, they had finally arrived at a place that wasn't too far away from the camp. After half an hour of marching, this team finally arrived at the camp, the entire camp was built under cover of trees, one tent after another was set up on the side of the tree trunk, one by one, the numbers weren't damaged. Looking at such a large tent, I thought to myself, how could it not be right, this isn't the enemy headquarters, we only have around 16,000 tents? As for the other Japanese Army, could it be that they have another base? Thinking about it here, I immediately started to hide towards the Command tent that was located in the middle of the tent group. Because I was invisible, I arrived outside the Command tent and saw that Ma Chao was also there, lying on the ground listening to their conversation, but he was shocked that I was here, and then relieved that he hadn't returned for such a long time, I was naturally worried about his safety. He also used his sign language to communicate with me, so I told him to return first.
Ma Chao could only nod his head and leave. I went to the front of the Command tent to listen in, just in time to see the leader of the squad reporting to the officer inside.
After listening to the captain's report, the officer nodded and said, ”Little Chuan, are you saying that none of you discovered any enemy scouts behind us tonight?”
Xiao Chuan nodded his head: ”Yes, Your Excellency. In order to confirm whether there are any enemy scouts behind us, I have left many secret sentries behind us, all of them were excellent scouts drawn from ninja's army, but unfortunately, the Chinese Army does not seem to care about us at all, and not a single scout came up. Knowing that all the Latent Sentinel s returned to the team, I finally knew that the enemy did not follow them, and thus I dared to lead the troops back.”
There were four people in the room. Other than Captain Xiao Chuan and the general, there were two other high ranking generals. Judging from the tokens they were wearing, the other two were only a level lower than the general from before.
After the general heard Xiao Chuan's report, he nodded and said, ”Yes, Xiao Chuan, you did very well. You can go and rest now. It must have been hard on you last night.”
After Xiao Chuan left, the general stood up and said to a person beside him, ”Why do you think of what happened last night, Songshun? Logically speaking, the enemy should have followed our team, but what Ol 'Chuan Tai Lang said is not a lie. What do you think happened?”
Matsumoto shook his head, ”General, I think it's not that simple. Think about it, one of our mixed brigades, more than eight thousand men, was discovered by the enemy before even reaching the enemy's camp, and caused a huge loss to us. Half of their soldiers were killed by the Chinese Army in such a way, it's really not worth it at all. That's why it caused us so much damage, but after they chased us for a while, why weren't any of the scouts following us? This obviously doesn't make sense. The enemy is eager to eliminate us right now. It's impossible for them to not follow behind our troops. If it wasn't for the enemy plotting something, then I really don't know of any reason to keep their scouts from following us. ”
The other officer also stood up and said, ”Yes, General, I think that it is not that simple. Because of our sneak attack last night, the enemy did not suffer any great loss, so are they waiting for us to continue our attack? After all, we already lost four to five thousand men last night, and if we continue fighting like this, we will be exhausted after a few more battles. So I think the enemy is waiting for us to attack them in the mountain, and they are just waiting for us to get food, and waiting for us to come. Only Chinese Army has what we need, I think Chinese Army must have clearly seen this point, that's why he didn't follow us, right? ”
Regarding Tian Yuanzhongkang's conjecture, Matsumoto shook his head and said, ”It's not that General Tian Yuan's reasoning is unreasonable, but what I'm worried about is, what if the enemy not follow the squad but follow our team? That way, we might be exposed here, and that's definitely not what you want to see, so I have always had a feeling that the Chinese Army was not that simple, waiting for us to fight them head on. Although they are waiting for us to fight them head on, although they are just waiting for us to fight them, but you all know, the current situation in the country is very tense, they have no reason to send so many troops here to fight us head on.
He thought about it carefully, but he was still unwilling to believe that his own troops were being followed. Thus, he said, ”Master Song, you have thought it through well, but if our retreat troops are really being followed by the enemy's scouts, they will not be able to hide from our hidden sentries. After all, the area we are on is not far away, and we are also in a valley, so if we were to look in from the entrance, they will definitely scout inside, but even now we have not received any news of the enemy's presence, do you think that the enemy's troops have already set their eyes on us?”
When Matsumoto heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said, ”That's right, there's no message from the scouts up ahead, and no missing scouts either. Perhaps I was too scared, but for our safety, I hope that the General would send people to search around the valley mouth to see if they find anything. I hope my worries are unnecessary.”