Chapter 882: The Commander as a Scout (Part 2)
In order to ensure concealment, Deng Jiaer did not bring too many people.
She only selected 10 members from the Delan Undead Team to serve as her guards, and brought 4 elite scouts to accompany her, plus herself - a total of 15 people went to the enemy camp to explore intelligence.
In order to speed up, each of them carried 3 horses and took turns to ride.
After almost non-stop galloping, the enemy's flag finally appeared in Deng Jiaer's field of vision.
"Commander!"
A scout following Deng Jiaer shouted to Deng Jiaer.
"The camp of the Holy Xilan Empire reinforcements is ahead!"
"Finally arrived..." After a murmur, Deng Jiaer ordered the scouts and guards around him, "Slow down!"
From now on, it is not surprising to encounter enemy soldiers at any time and place, so it is necessary to be concealed and careful.
After slowing down the horse, Deng Jiaer drove the horse slowly towards the enemy camp.
Looking at the camp of the Holy Xilan Empire reinforcements that gradually became clear within the field of vision, even Deng Jiaer couldn't help swallowing his saliva due to nervousness, and thought to himself:
- Just like the intelligence received before, the Holy Xilan Empire's reinforcements are still stationed in this wilderness 80 miles away from Fuka City.
- It seems that they have been stationed here for the past few days without moving.
- The enemy's commander may have stopped here temporarily to collect intelligence.
- After collecting enough intelligence, continue to march.
- After all, it is a very dangerous thing to act at will in the dark and without any intelligence.
After approaching a certain range, Deng Jiaer found a small hill not far away.
Deng Jiaer took a fancy to this small hill at first sight, because this small hill is simply the most perfect reconnaissance site at present.
Deng Jiaer waved to the scouts and guards beside him, and then led them to rush to the hill.
After climbing up the high slope, Deng Jiaer couldn't wait to dismount and lie on the ground on the high slope, monitoring the enemy camp from a distance.
After climbing up the high slope and looking at the enemy camp for a few times, Deng Jiaer got up from the ground.
Without even having time to shake off the dust on his body, Deng Jiaer hurriedly got back on his horse, and then led the scouts and guards to circle the enemy camp from a distance.
Deng Jiaer planned to circle the enemy camp for two purposes.
The first purpose was to better count the number of enemy flags and tents.
If you want to know the approximate number of enemy troops, estimating the number of enemy flags and tents is the best choice.
The second purpose is to study the layout of the enemy camp.
The layout of the camp also reflects the level of the commander to a certain extent.
After spending nearly an hour and circling the enemy camp, Deng Jiaer said in his heart:
-The layout of their camp is really beautiful.
——According to the intelligence of the scouts, the commander of the Holy Hilan Empire's reinforcements is Marshal Nikita Belov, the commander-in-chief of the Central Guards.
——He is indeed worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the front. It seems that his level is indeed not simple.
——Judging from the number of their flags and military tents, their number is between 40,000 and 70,000.
——The number of troops far exceeds my vanguard troops...
——But their total strength should be slightly less than the total combat power of our Eastern Army.
Deng Jiaer began to think about the strategy to defeat the enemy.
——From the intelligence currently available, the best choice is indeed Mr. Samuel's proposal...
——If my vanguard troops and the main force led by Mr. Samuel meet,
our total combat power will be higher than the reinforcements of the Holy Hilan Empire.
——In addition, with Mr. Samuel in charge of command, it should not be difficult to defeat them.
——Although the commander-in-chief of the front army is strong, I don’t think he has the ability to defeat you when his troops are less than yours...
——Choosing to join forces with the main force is indeed the best option at the moment, but if we do this, I will have nothing to do...
If Deng Jiaer chooses to lead the vanguard troops to withdraw, join forces with the main force, and then gather the total combat power of the East Route Army to fight against the reinforcements of the Holy Xilan Empire, then all the troops of the East Route Army will be assigned to Su Cheng for allocation and command.
When that time comes, there will be nothing for Deng Jiaer and her vanguard troops...
——From the beginning of the "Aurora" offensive to now, I have not achieved any outstanding achievements that can prove myself...
Although Su Cheng handed over the vanguard troops of the East Route Army to Deng Jiaer for command, Deng Jiaer has not won any dazzling military exploits so far.
To put it bluntly, the achievements Deng Jiaer has achieved so far - if it were someone else, they could do it too.
At this moment, Deng Jiaer recalled the conversation between Samuel and Su Cheng that she accidentally heard when she passed by Su Cheng's room before their Eastern Army officially set out.
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"Captain, can you tell me why you let Deng Jiaer O'Brien be the commander of the vanguard? According to my understanding of Deng Jiaer O'Brien, she should not be able to take on such an important task."
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"I think that - Captain, you are favoring Deng Jiaer O'Brien by repeatedly giving these important tasks to her."
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"I am indeed partial to Deng Jiaer now. I have taken a fancy to Deng Jiaer's potential. I have high expectations for Deng Jiaer, so I want to spare no effort to cultivate her."
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"I believe in my judgment and Deng Jiaer's ability and potential."
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"Captain, please let me serve as the deputy commander of the vanguard force. Since the commander is so optimistic about Deng Jiaer O'Brien, I am also interested in her. I want to follow Deng Jiaer ·O’Brien’s side, let’s see with your own eyes whether she has what it takes, it’s worthy of your expectations, Captain.”
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Deng Jiaer still clearly remembers the conversation between Su Cheng and Samuel, both in terms of sentence content and tone.
It was so clear that the two voices seemed to be echoing in her ears.
Because Deng Jiaer remained silent for a long time, a guard beside her couldn't help but tentatively asked:
"Coach?"
Deng Jiaer ignored the guard and whispered in a tone that only he could hear clearly:
"...Sir, I will not let you down, nor will I let myself down."
"Huh?" Because he didn't hear clearly what Deng Jiaer was saying, the guard asked doubtfully, "Huh? Coach, did you say something just now?"
"Nothing said."
After saying that, Deng Jiaer got off his horse.
The second his feet touched the ground, Deng Jiaer immediately took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
This is a map she drew herself.
Noteworthy terrain and areas from Fokah to here are mapped.
Because it was self-drawn, there should be no one else in the world who can understand this map except Deng Jiaer.
After taking out the self-drawn map, Deng Jiaer directly laid the map on the ground and read it attentively.
The scouts and guards beside her stared blankly at Deng Jiaer who suddenly looked at the map.