Chapter 666: The bridge is destroyed, the mountain division is in full pursuit
Late at night, everything was quiet, only Tan Aili was sitting alone, with a golden roasted lamb leg and a pot of steaming lamb soup in front of her. She ate heartily while sprinkling her own seasoning on the food, the rich aroma made people salivate.
Tan Aili ate the meal heartily, as if all the fatigue and stress were released at this moment. After all, she hadn't tasted the flavor of the fireworks stove for more than ten days, and the satisfaction at this moment was simply indescribable.
After having a good meal and a good drink, Tan Aili's thoughts gradually drifted away. She thought of Dazi, the man who always accompanied her silently.
Now, Dazi and Jean Tok are together, and they have come all the way here, probably to meet up with me. When she thought of this, a sweet feeling welled up in Tan Aili's heart.
However, the reality was not what she wished. The war situation became more and more tense, and she was trapped in the war and could not fight side by side with the fool. Despite this, Tan Aili still firmly believed that they would meet again one day.
The chaos in Pumasai spread like wildfire, triggering one war after another. Tan Aili also fought everywhere in this chaotic world, unable to control herself. At the same time, Dazi also had no peace and was involved in this endless dispute.
Once upon a time, Tan Aili and Dai Zi both longed to live a simple and loving life, but now, such a wish seems to have become a luxury.
With the help of the female soldiers, Tan Aili took a hot bath and soon fell asleep. The high-intensity exercise in recent days had greatly improved her fighting power and she was also very tired. She needed a good rest tonight.
As for Kashin, after a whole night of rest, he finally recovered successfully. When he woke up from his deep sleep and opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a dark night sky.
The stars tonight appear exceptionally dim, without a trace of moonlight, and the entire world is shrouded in darkness.
Seeing this, Kashin nodded with satisfaction and said to himself, "It's a dark and windy night, it's the perfect time for action.
After all this time of running around, I finally got enough rest." He turned to look at Silver Wolf beside him and said with a smile:
"Silver Wolf, thank you for your hard work during this period. In order to ensure my safety, you have always maintained a high level of vigilance and dared not slack off for the slightest. You are really great! Now you can go and eat something without worrying about it. There is a ready-made corpse here, so you don't have to be polite, haha!"
After that, Kashin took out his pocket watch and checked the time. He was surprised to find that this time the recovery time was about three hours shorter than before. This meant that his skin breathing method had improved significantly, allowing him to recover faster.
Not only that, Kashin also found that his mental power had made great progress. He could now shoot six telekinetic arrows, one more than before. These telekinetic arrows were condensed from his mental power, which meant that his mental power cultivation had reached a new level.
After the upgrade, through this period of battle training, Kashin felt that his strength finally matched the level of senior knights. He was happy and in a particularly good mood. So, he took out military rations and wine from his bag without hesitation, ready to fill his stomach first.
However, when he opened his bag, he found that the Sheldon Army had very little food left, which could only last for two more days. If there were no new supplies, he would probably have to rely on hunting to solve his stomach problem.
After a good meal and a good drink, Kashin, armed with the royal scout machete, cut off more than ten wooden planks, making the entire bridge impassable. Once again exhausted, Kashin rode his Silver Wolf back to the bridgehead.
Looking at the wooden suspension bridge in the dark night, he smiled slightly: "The initial operation is completed. Next, the enemy will extend the marching route. Madam should have all the means to wipe them out. Brother Silver Wolf, find a place to hide and wait for me to recover my strength to fight them."
The man and the beast ran towards the woods a mile away from the bridge and disappeared into the night.
The next day at noon～～
The enemy was eager to cross the Dengos Bridge, and when they saw fifty vanguard scouts all dead on the bridge, they knew that the situation was not good and the enemy was guarding here first.
Send a few scouts across the bridge to check. The enemy is likely to be ambushed on the other side of the bridge. This is what they thought. When they got closer, they found that the bridge deck was damaged and they couldn't cross the bridge at all...
The scout came back to report the situation, and the commander of the coalition forces said: "Don't worry, this place is safe. The enemy has destroyed the bridge and will set up an ambush somewhere else. It is still uncertain at the moment, but our troops and animals are exhausted. Pass on my order to rest for a day before leaving..."
The commander originally planned to continue his journey after a day's rest, but in fact he did not make this decision because he had plenty of time. Instead, he successfully collected enough food and fodder on the way, so he did not need to rush.
He was well aware of the importance of maintaining sufficient physical strength and combat effectiveness for marching and fighting, so he would rather let the soldiers rest for one more day than let them march in an exhausted state.
However, Tan Aili's original plan to launch an attack when the army was out of food did not work out. The key to this strategy was that the bridge deck was destroyed by Kashin, causing the enemy to march 200 miles more to get back to the capital. In this way, their journey was greatly delayed, giving the commander enough time to respond.
In fact, when the army approached, Silver Wolf was the first to sense the danger. At this moment, Kashin was hiding in the woods, motionless, like a sculpture, quietly waiting for the best time to attack. He secretly calculated in his heart that the sharpshooter troops should arrive at the scene soon.
It can be said that the enemy was in a desperate situation and could not escape. The reason why Kashin was able to be so calm was that the Silver Wolf had the ability to scout the enemy's situation from a long distance. However, due to the limitations of the terrain, the army stretched for miles and there was no end in sight, which also brought certain difficulties to the reconnaissance work.
At this moment, the person in charge of scouting the enemy was Master Sendi. He had just returned from flying back to report the situation to the army and suggested that the soldiers take a short break. In order to avoid being discovered, Tan Aili's mountain division always kept a distance of ten miles from the army.
Master Sendi told the army that the enemy had already set up camp on the spot to rest and it seemed that they could no longer march after so many days, and at least the mounts needed to rest.
After Tan Aili calculated, she immediately realized that the sharpshooter would not be able to arrive in time with his pair of iron feet.
"Don't worry, Marshal. The bridge deck has been damaged, so the enemy can't cross the canyon. After resting, they can only take a detour, so they can't escape!"
Upon hearing this, Tan Aili nodded and said, "Jean Tocque has a way. Knowing that they could not reach the destination as scheduled, they ambush the enemy and sent elite troops to destroy the bridge in advance. This can be considered a meritorious service. If the enemy cannot cross the river, we will have plenty of time to deal with them. It doesn't matter whether the sharpshooters participate in the battle or not, their mission has been completed."
Sendi: "The Marshal doesn't have high requirements. It seems that as long as the goal is achieved, the method is not important at all..."
"You have to understand that it's not easy for the soldiers. Letting them run for two hundred miles is not an exaggeration. I know they probably can't catch up, so I just try their abilities. Destroying the bridge is already a miracle! Maybe it can be done by my idiot riding a silver wolf. When it comes to rewards, this achievement will be counted as their sharpshooting unit. It's rare for me to be stupid this time!"
The entire army rested on the spot. Most of the soldiers had blisters on their legs after an extreme march. Forty percent of the soldiers fell behind and they really needed a good rest.
Each of them had a small packet of pills, and they could break the blister, crush the pills and apply them to the blister to heal it. So the whole army soon fell asleep in all directions.
At this time, Tan Aili and the generals acted as guards to keep an eye on the enemy and allow the soldiers to have a good rest.
In fact, the generals, like them, had to march on foot and it was just as hard. They all survived this way, and now they had to stand guard for the soldiers and maintain peace in the area.
Not using a mount can save a huge amount of supplies. Although traveling with a small group is a little harder, it makes the battle more flexible at this stage and at least it is not burdened by supplies.