Chapter 1413 Return

When we climbed to the ridge last night, it was snowy and windy. Morgan could not fully see the situation below the mountain. This morning, the visibility was slightly better. Looking at it again, everyone in the sniper team was slightly surprised. The Houjin camp at the foot of the mountain was not clear.

Not only the few tents we saw last night, but also spread out along the mountain at the foot of the mountain, there are at least seventy or eighty tents. Although the tents of the Hou Jin Army are not like the tents of the sniper team, they can accommodate ten people.

There are many people, but judging from the scale, there are at least hundreds of people stationed here. At the foot of the mountain, there are several courtyards that are obviously built by the Han people. Horses can be seen in the courtyards, which must have been built by senior officers in the army.

Occupied.

Although there were no Houjin soldiers patrolling the periphery, Morgan did not dare to be careless. He immediately ordered the formation to spread out and expand the surveillance area, so as to prevent his group from being attacked if Houjin patrols came up the mountain from other directions.

No reaction at all.

The appearance of a Houjin Army stronghold at this location did not exceed Morgan's expectation. The Houjin patrol encountered on the way yesterday was obviously unlikely to have set out from the Jinzhou Camp thirty miles away. From there

Judging from the direction of travel, it is very likely that the team of people started from this stronghold and headed south.

Under the current climate conditions and geographical environment, both warring parties chose the most practical garrison points and marching routes. However, under Morgan's careful command, the Houjin patrol did not discover the existence of this sniper team along the way.

Let them sneak around this stronghold quietly.

Morgan's key observation objects were those courtyards. He confirmed the identity of the occupants as officers through the telescope, and silently estimated in his mind how confident he was of killing the enemy with one shot at this distance. Of course, he was just doing this out of fear.

Morgan is used to thinking about this kind of problem instead of actually planning to kill people. Morgan knows very well that if he wants to shoot at this distance, the sniper team will probably not have time to evacuate the hilltop, and the opponent will circle behind them and block the southward movement.

No matter what level of officer the other party is, its strategic value cannot be higher than that of our own team. It is unwise to expose one's whereabouts just to kill a few people.

Although he cannot deal with the enemies at the foot of the mountain, Morgan does not intend to leave here immediately. It is a rare opportunity to lurk under the eyes of the enemy. It would be good to take this opportunity to collect more information about the daily defense of the Hou Jin Army. He just wants to bypass it.

If we continue to go to the Jinzhou camp in the north, the risk is too great. Once our whereabouts are exposed, we may be intercepted by the Jin army in this stronghold. Morgan has discovered that there is a special place in the courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

There are about twenty horses in the horse pen used as a horse pen. If you are chased by a group of cavalry in such a plain area, it will not be an easy life. Even if the sniper team can kill these cavalry with its superior firepower,

The speed of the retracement will definitely be greatly slowed down, and it will be troublesome if the Houjin army catches up by then.

Out of caution, Morgan decided to temporarily modify the original plan. Instead of taking the risk of continuing to go north, he would turn back after completing the reconnaissance here. From the high point of this hill, he could already reach the Golden State Isthmus.

The narrowest few miles have a panoramic view, and the terrain here is relatively simple. Only minor corrections are needed to the existing map. On the coast of Dalian Bay on the southeast side of the Jinzhou Isthmus, the Marine Corps last time

The map had already been drawn when the feint attack was launched, so there was no need for the sniper team to risk further investigation.

Morgan was very careful to ask the soldiers to avoid the wind as much as possible, because he heard that some Houjin soldiers who were hunters could smell the scent of strangers from a long distance. Although there was no specific scientific basis for this, in

This cold season may have already numbed the nose, but Morgan still didn't want to take any risk that might expose his existence.

Fortunately, the Hou Jin army stationed here did not seem to expect that the enemy troops could touch them under their noses. It was not until daybreak that they saw a group of soldiers leaving the station and slowly coming towards the mountain.

"Pay attention to concealment!" After Morgan noticed this situation, he immediately ordered the formation to retract. The opponent may just set up sentry posts on the mountain as a routine, but Morgan did not want to alert the enemy. He had already discovered Hou Jin when he was scouting the enemy on the mountain ridge last night.

The army's sentry shack on the mountain was unmanned at the time. It seemed that the Jin army was only on duty during the day, and simply left it empty at night.

Of course, this is an excusable arrangement. After all, this is already an area controlled by Houjin, and no enemies would appear here. No one is willing to do the drudgery of arranging field sentries at night, and in the end the night simply disappears.

However, if this were not the case, it would be difficult for Morgan's sniper team to find an opportunity here.

Everyone took advantage of the terrain and trees to hide themselves, and saw the team of rear Jin soldiers slowly walking up the hill. However, they did not break up the formation and search the hill. Instead, they went straight towards the shack where they were on duty. After thinking about it, they did not want to be there.

There was an extra gust of cold wind blowing outside. This was what Morgan had expected. After all, the other party had even canceled the sentry at night, so there was no time left to search the hilltop every day.

The members of the sniper team held their breath and watched as the team of Houjin soldiers slowly walked through the forest in front of them and headed into the distance. This team of sleepy Houjin soldiers probably never imagined that the enemy they were guarding against was actually not there just now.

They were lying in ambush at a distance of ten feet. Of course, if they had really discovered the existence of the Haihan people just now, they would have been shot down by more than a dozen crossbow arrows in an instant, and there would be no chance of a head-on confrontation.

Issuing a warning is the limit.

Although the post of the Hou Jin Army was in the forest not far away, Morgan did not immediately order a retreat, because it was difficult to avoid the surveillance of the post at this time - the retreat route to the south should be convenient.

It is under the surveillance of that sentry. Of course, killing the golden soldiers after that team is also a way, but Morgan is not sure how often the opponent changes guard. If he is discovered by the opponent soon after taking action, he will be on the way back.

There is a possibility of being intercepted by pursuing troops.

And more importantly, if he moves his hands here, Hou Jin will notice that Haihan's tentacles have reached here, and thus become aware of Haihan's reconnaissance intentions. This is not a good thing for the spring offensive.

So Morgan planned to come quietly and leave quietly. Even if there was to be a live-fire drill later, he would wait until he left here.

But if you want to leave during the day, it will be difficult to avoid the surveillance of the Houjin sentry, so Morgan plans to put the evacuation time at night and leave when the Houjin army is sleeping. Naturally, he will be much more confident.

After making the plan, Morgan arranged for his men to take turns monitoring the movements of the Houjin Army at the foot of the mountain, recording the opponent's troop movements, guard changing times, and the frequency of personnel entering and exiting the stronghold. The remaining people took the time to rest and recuperate.

Looking forward to the evening action in good spirits.

The two sides coexisted silently and peacefully on the top of a mountain for a day. During this period, the Hou Jin Army changed posts once, but still did not notice the existence of the sniper team. Morgan could not help but underestimate the Hou Jin Army, thinking that such a quality

How can the army compare with its own elite troops? When the Haihan army arrives in the spring, even if the Jin army has thousands of cavalry, how can it be a match for guns and artillery?

Finally, when night fell and watching the Hou Jin army on duty on the top of the mountain slip down the mountain, Morgan ordered the evacuation of the place. The sniper team silently embarked on their way home. Although not a single shot was fired along the way, everyone's spirits were high.

They have been in a state of high tension. Although it is not the first time for these people to set foot on the battlefield, this kind of action of going deep into the hinterland of enemy-occupied areas and lurking close to enemy strongholds for a long time is indeed rare for them in the past.

experience.

Morgan was relatively calm. After all, he had made enough preparations in advance and was not confused at all when encountering the situation. It was reasonable for him to successfully complete the reconnaissance mission. However, he still wanted to find a way to allow his men to be able to complete the reconnaissance mission before returning to the mountains.

There are opportunities to practice shooting.

What Morgan was planning was the patrol they met on the way here. If Morgan guessed correctly, after they went to the mountain in the south, they would most likely camp there for one night, and then return to the north the next day.

If this were the case, the sniper team could intercept and kill the opponent's patrol there, and the opponent would probably never expect that the attack would not come from the mountainous area occupied by Haihan in the south, but from their own territory behind them.

Morgan's idea was conveyed to his subordinates during the day. Another advantage of choosing to retreat south after nightfall is that he can seize the opponent's time difference. It will definitely be much easier to attack when the opponent is camping than during the day. Everyone knows that it is easier to attack during the day.

There may be a battle later, and everyone is extremely excited, and a lot of the fatigue from the two days of tossing in the wild has been eliminated.

After marching on the snowy field for about three hours, a vague black figure appeared on the horizon ahead. Morgan knew that was the destination. He immediately ordered the team to stop, then took out his telescope and began to observe the hills. However, he did not

Seeing signals such as firelight through the lens, it was difficult to tell whether anyone was camping there.

There was no other way to think of at the moment. Morgan could only lead the team and continue to move forward, but the speed slowed down a bit, and then the formation spread out to prevent any ambush in the forest.

When a group of people file in, it's easy to get dumped.

However, it soon turned out that Morgan was overthinking, and the Houjin Army did not deploy any defensive measures. After they entered the forest, Morgan quickly found the campsite of the Houjin patrol with the help of night vision goggles, and the fire in the middle had been extinguished.

, there were still some unburned fires buried underneath. It was no wonder that Morgan couldn't see the fire in the distance. But Morgan observed for a long time through the night vision device and determined that this group of nervous Houjin soldiers were not outside the camp.

Instead of deploying security posts, they all retreated into their tents, not even thinking that the enemy would come over at night.

"I'm afraid these are not stupid soldiers!" Morgan could only smile bitterly at the military quality of the Hou Jin Army. This kind of patrol team on the front line can actually leave the security of the camp to the air with such confidence. It is really bold.

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But this situation is actually not difficult to understand. Many of the soldiers of the Later Jin Army were transformed from civilians without professional military training. However, these barbarians were fierce and brave, and many of them were good at riding and killing enemies. Therefore, as long as they simply

After organizing them and teaching them some basic combat regulations, they can be dragged out to fight. But in terms of combat skills and basic military qualities that a professional army really needs to master, the Post-Jin Army is indeed still in a relatively primitive stage, and is even far inferior to

Their men defeated the Ming army.

The sniper team approached the Houjin patrol camp at an extremely slow speed, fearing that the sound of their feet stepping on the snow would wake up the people in the tent. Everyone held a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other, guarding against the sudden escape of the people in the tent.

As the distance got closer, the snoring in the tent became clearer and louder. Only the three horses tied not far away noticed the malicious approach of these murderous strangers and began to become agitated.

Feeling restless, the noises coming from the mouth and nose are getting louder and louder.

There were voices in one of the tents, and Morgan quickly motioned for everyone to stop and wait for what happened. After a while, a man came out of the tent. He rubbed his eyes without looking around, and walked straight to the place where the horses were tied.

, I guess I thought there were some wild animals cruising nearby, which made these horses make noise.

But before the man's eyes could fully adjust to the visibility outside, a soldier had already touched him from behind. Taking advantage of the moment when the man was about to turn his head, he strangled the man's neck with his arms from behind, and then stabbed him with a dagger.

The man's mouth. Then Jin Bing was caught off guard and had no time to make any resistance. He only heard a gurgling sound in his throat, and his body slowly slid to the ground. A bloody smell immediately spread in the air.

middle.

It has to be said that although the military quality of the Hou Jin Army is relatively weak, their sense of danger is almost innate. Although the assassinated Hou Jin soldier did not make any shouts or noises, he almost followed the bloody

As the smell spread in the air, the people in the tent were already alarmed.

It's just that these Hou Jin soldiers rushed out of the tent in a hurry. They didn't even have time to distinguish the direction and the enemy, and they were already shot. More than ten pistols fired at these Hou Jin soldiers who had not yet awakened from multiple directions, almost

He rushed out and fell to the ground at the same time. The crackling sound of gunfire echoed in the forest, frightening the birds in the forest, and the three war horses were also frightened and screamed.

The cold massacre only lasted for about a minute or two and came to an end. Everyone immediately counted the enemy's corpses and used sabers to hit the guys who were still alive. For the sniper team, they did not need to capture them alive. Killing these enemies can lead to the greatest success.

Ensure your own safety as much as possible.
Chapter completed!