Chapter 131 The government troops finally left, and the opportunity to take advantage of the situation came "Great Commander!" "Good news! Very good news!" Li Dingguo had just calmed down and was about to go out, but he looked up and saw a figure flying from the east valley entrance, shouting loudly from afar! The person who came was none other than Liang Hetang, who was sent by Li Dingguo to monitor the movements of the government troops. In order not to waste his talent as a special forces soldier, Liang Hetang served as the commander of the Fuxing Army Scout Training Camp while serving as the commander of the Qilin Battalion. Those who are now participating in the training under him are the carefully selected scout recruits from each battalion, as well as the sixty combat soldiers from the Military Intelligence Department. The professional talents gathered in the scout training camp under Liang Hetang have now reached 180 combat soldiers! When the current number of combat soldiers is less than one thousand, so many warriors have been transferred to the scout training camp, which is enough to show how much importance Li Dingguo attaches to intelligence work. "Commander-in-chief, the government troops left the city half an hour ago."
"This time they are using both land and water to advance, heading straight for the important town of Shenmu in the northeast!" Liang Hetang's face was flushed with excitement, and one could guess how much of a surprise this good news brought to him. There was no way. For the past month, the newly formed Renaissance Army had been living a very frustrating life. But this is the current situation. The enemy is strong and we are weak. If you don't want to die, you can only endure it temporarily and avoid the opponent's attack to avoid suffering a devastating disaster. Li Dingguo was immediately cheered up when he heard this. When it comes to feeling depressed, no one in the Renaissance Army can compare to him. The enemy's advantage is too great and they are so close to you. What else can you do if you can't help but endure it? Faced with an absolute gap in strength, even if you are resourceful and have many clever ideas, you will be helpless against the enemy. If we really rush forward, it would be like throwing an egg against a stone, which would be self-destructive. "Good good..." Li Dingguo agreed repeatedly, "If they stay for a while longer, most of our soldiers will really not even have porridge to drink!" One of the most terrifying and powerful armies in the Ming Dynasty finally left. Li Dingguo felt refreshed and let out a long sigh. He quickly calmed down, thought for a moment, and said to Liang Hetang, "Go and inform Hongmei and the other commanders that at 1:00 pm this afternoon, all the soldiers will move together to hunt monsters and various wild beasts nearby!" "Within three days, we must stock up on enough dried meat of all kinds and be ready for the expedition beyond the Great Wall!" "Time does not wait for me. The enemy can come, but I can also go!" "It's time to make those Tartars and the unscrupulous merchants in the three northwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty pay a heavy price again and again!" "Only by using everything they have as our resources can we truly break the shackles of our insufficient resources and rapidly develop and expand our Renaissance Army!" Li Dingguo knew that as Hong Chengchou's army moved away, the biggest obstacle standing between him and the Fuxing Army had been removed. Next, it depends on your own planning and luck. "Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Liang Hetang accepted the order loudly, saluted Li Dingguo, turned around, and flew away! To be honest, these new recruit camp commanders, who had just taken office for less than a month, were already eager to try and kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. I've been practicing for so long and my strength has improved so quickly, but I'm always stuck in small things, which is not satisfying. Especially those of them, who grew up in the northwestern border area of the Ming Dynasty, most of them had suffered from the harm caused by the Tartars who often came to the border to plunder. I don’t know how much hatred and anger they have accumulated in their hearts towards the Tartars outside the Great Wall! The commander-in-chief planned to lead his new force directly out of the border in order to avoid the government troops and find a way to survive. For a long time to come, it would be in line with the wishes of leaders like Liang Hetang to specifically target the Tartar tribes, large and small, and the unscrupulous merchants of the Ming Dynasty who collaborated with the enemy and sold out their country. With the commander-in-chief's outstanding vision and long-term planning, it is only a matter of time before their revival army grows rapidly and becomes stronger, as long as their luck is not too bad. By then, those aggressive government troops will be in trouble. The grievances you suffer now must be paid back double at that time, and you must vent your anger! As the good news that the elite government troops led by Hong Chengchou had left Dingbian City spread quickly in the valley, cheers suddenly rang out. After Li Dingguo's order was issued, all the warriors, combat soldiers and logistics camp officers and soldiers began to work busily. Under Hongmei's orderly leadership, all preparations were carried out in an orderly manner and were quickly implemented. After everyone had a long-awaited full meal and rested for about a quarter of an hour, the long team formed five columns and began to head towards the valley entrance in the east. All people, including all the horses and carriages, acted together this time, a huge force of nearly 5,000 people, and the scale was quite spectacular. The reason why Li Dingguo had to mobilize his troops was that Hong Chengchou's army had left for two hours and had disappeared long ago. Even if my movements were a bit bigger, as long as I avoided all the villages and towns, it would not cause much reaction. After the soldiers leave the mountains, all the soldiers of the Renaissance Army will be divided into five groups, each with a combat battalion as a unit, and each will lead a logistics battalion of soldiers to hunt independently. He also planned to use the three days of full-scale hunting to store enough food for the army's long journey, and to let the soldiers in each new camp gradually get used to the wild marching survival mode of the army through this large-scale actual combat hunting. Using this step-by-step method, the soldiers' marching and actual combat capabilities can be cultivated as soon as possible. Now it is late autumn and the weather is starting to get colder. In order to prevent the soldiers and civilians of this new force from suffering from the severe cold of winter, and also to avoid encirclement and suppression by government troops. In order to prevent this new force of his from being tragically wiped out by the government troops before it can even develop, Li Dingguo must lead everyone out of the country as soon as possible. We must find a survival base outside the Great Wall where everyone can safely spend the winter within one or two months in order to resolve the upcoming survival crisis. "Cao Yongxiang, Tang Guangqiang, Huang Zhanglong, Liang Hetang!" "The four battalions of new soldiers you lead will split up and try to avoid all villages and towns and hunt in more remote places!" "We must proceed steadily and put safety first, and don't go deep into those deep mountains and forests!" "This operation will last for three days. The main purpose is to train the troops in actual combat and, by the way, to store enough food for our army's long journey through hunting." "By evening, no matter what the outcome of the battle is, all soldiers must rush back to the valley in time!" After all the soldiers and civilians left the valley and came to the open area outside, Li Dingguo gathered several commanders of the new recruits camp and continued to emphasize his orders.
Their new army was composed entirely of young boys and girls, and their experience was far inferior to that of the adult soldiers. Although these new recruit camp commanders all have some good marching and combat capabilities and their own strength is also very good, as long as they do not go deep into the deep mountains and forests, there is not much danger. His revival army had just been established and could not afford too much loss, so it was necessary to give instructions to these trusted subordinates. "I will obey your order!"... Cao Yongxiang and the other four commanders of the new recruits camp knew that this major operation was of great importance and they did not dare to take it lightly, so they agreed in unison. The army was quickly divided into five parts, each marching quickly in the direction planned. Li Dingguo moved together with the Suzaku Camp led by Hongmei and Xiaodouya, and headed directly for the small spiritual land he had discovered before. "Brother Dingguo." Hongmei asked in confusion, "Why are you bringing so many large vats with you?" She pointed at a large carriage with a special mark on it and asked Li Dingguo in confusion. Before setting off, Li Dingguo specially found several large water tanks, loaded them on a large horse-drawn carriage, and moved together with the logistics soldiers of the Suzaku Camp. "Ha ha……" Li Dingguo chuckled and explained, "I recently obtained and learned a special formation that can cultivate various spiritual herbs, spiritual roots, spiritual rice and spiritual medicines, and speed up their growth cycle." "Now we are taking these large vats to collect seeds of various spiritual medicines, as well as some special spiritual medicine seedlings." "After we leave the border, we will lead the military and civilians to choose a place to settle down, and then we can start mass planting of various spiritual herbs and roots." "For a long time to come, if we don't have the magical medicine to prepare the Qi and Blood Soup and the Yang Shen Soup, it will have a serious impact on the rapid growth and development of our Renaissance Army!" "I have mastered a very special spirit gathering formation, which can gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth into the range covered by the formation. It can even prevent the spiritual herbs and roots within the range covered by the formation from being affected by bad weather and can thrive all year round!" "But setting up this five-element spirit gathering array requires a lot of soul beads, spirit stones, demon beast inner pills, magic cores and other treasures, so it cannot be popularized." "Even if it is used secretly on a small scale, it is enough to solve part of the training resource problem of our Renaissance Army." "Once we complete the construction of the plantation area, it will not be a problem to supply the training needs of thousands of soldiers." Li Dingguo did not hide anything from Hongmei, his capable assistant, and told her the truth. "Is there still this?" Hongmei was shocked when she heard this, and quickly lowered her voice and said, "The fewer people who know about this magical Five Elements Spirit Gathering Formation, the better!" "Once it gets out, it's likely to cause some big trouble." She thought about it for a moment, and then suggested, "Why don't we arrange it this way: among the hundreds of female soldiers in the Suzaku Camp, select some who are interested in planting and train them to become spiritual plant husbands." "From now on, they will be responsible for the cultivation of various spiritual herbs, spiritual roots, spiritual rice and spiritual medicines, and they can also take care of the plantation area." With Hongmei's wicked intelligence, she immediately realized the importance of the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array and came up with a solution to the problem. "Yes, Hongmei, your suggestion is very good."
"From now on, the spiritual herbs and roots planting park we build will be left to you to be fully responsible for." Li Dingguo nodded and immediately agreed to Hongmei's suggestion. He looked up at the sky, then ordered the soldiers of the Suzaku Camp and the logistics troops to speed up their march. That small sacred place in the canyon is dozens of miles away from here. If we want to complete the mission successfully today and return before dark, time is very tight. Since we had to avoid villages and towns as much as possible along the way and had to take detours on some sections, it would take more time and we had to hurry on our way. (End of this chapter)