Novel Full Chapter 891: The River Banks (1)
Chapter 891: The River Banks (1)
This way, they wouldn’t just stay behind and become the backdrop of the war.
There was no point for them to just stand there and watched all the time. Old Master Nan wished that they could make their contribution and grow in this war against Wei Da Kingdom.
Being the water fetcher should be quite good.
And this night battle could also help them to show their training and prove that they could fight at any situation.
Old Master Nan felt quite satisfied.
The soldiers continued to advance.
When they finally stopped, General Chi announced the plan and that there will be 5 groups of people who will go. Each of them consisted of between 1000 to 2000 soldiers under various leaders.
“There are a lot of people who will go.” Nan Luo was stunned.
“They’re scouting different river area. We’re selected to go towards this small banks over here.” Feng Ao Kuai was holding a makeshift map in his hand. The map was not really good, but it was enough for them to know the terrain around this area.
Nan Luo peered in and blinked his eyes. “Where did you get the map?”
“From Nan.”
“…Why did you get it but I don’t?”
Feng Ao Kuai passed a glance at Nan Luo but didn’t bother to answer. He just focused on the map in front of him to calculate the best route for them to reach their designated point. They were team number 4, which meant that the river banks they had to go was slightly to the north.
He had to make sure that he was familiar with the terrains even if it was only through a map.
Nan Luo was speechless.
He really wanted to go to Nan Hua and asked her why did she only give the map to Feng Ao Kuai and not him?
He’s her twin brother!
While Nan Luo was sulking, Nan Hua approached Feng Ao Si and Dai. “Young Master Feng, Strategist Dai, it’ll be night soon so the vision might be limited. In order to make sure you can check for ambush, do send scouts first.”
“Scouts?” Feng Ao Si blinked his eyes in confusion.
Dai’s eyes flashed in realization. He smiled and cupped his fist. “Thank you for your advice, Adjutant Nan. It’ll be helpful for us.”
Nan Hua nodded.
There were actually many tactics that she could teach them, but she didn’t think that Dai would need it. She was not that familiar with the soldiers under Feng Ao Si and naturally knew that many of them were strength focused.
Since it was the case, Feng Ao Si should be fine.
Even if he were to suffer some loss, they would be able to keep their lives and escaped even at the dire situation.
At the very least, that was what Nan Hua thought when she saw Dai’s confidence. As a strategist that her grandfather assigned to Feng Ao Si, he had the qualification as one of the few people who knew how to create strategy on the spot for war.
Feng Ao Si wouldn’t lose easily.
Nan Hua cupped her fist and left.
When she reached Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Luo, she could see her twin brother was sulking. She blinked her eyes.
What happened this time?
Feng Ao Kuai showed the map to Nan Hua. “We’re going through this route since it has tall grasses that can hide our presence. Shall we light up torch?”
“No.”
“How are the soldiers going to follow us, then? Not all of them can see in the dark.”
“With markings.”
Nan Luo blinked his eyes.
Markings?
It was only afterwards that Nan Luo understood what Nan Hua meant.
At first, he really thought that she meant that they had to tie themselves to each other. If that was the case, they would barely be able to fight in that condition. After all, if they do excessive movement, wouldn’t they also drag their friend down with them?
What Nan Hua meant was for them to mark the way using markings such as sticks.
That way, the soldiers below them would be able to find the waypoint without troubling their comrades.
“You’re amazing, Hu….Nan!” Nan Luo was excited as he stuck the sticks on the ground.
Nan Hua shook her head.
It was just a common method to direct ways. Naturally, she was more used to use a more natural method such as leaves or broken branches. But the soldiers under Nan Luo wouldn’t be able to detect such small details or might not be keen enough to notice it.
They would be going at night where the vision was limited. Since lighting the way wouldn’t work, they had to use other methods that allowed them to know the way but still didn’t attract attention.
Thus, they should just improvise.
The easiest was to use stick that was pierced to the ground. It was definitely eye catching enough for them when they were passing by the tall grasses but not so much that they wouldn’t be able to differentiate with nature.
There was no way an ordinary stick would be able to stick themselves to the ground.
It was good.
And this method wouldn’t make the enemies noticed their approach, so they wouldn’t be found easily. The biggest problem lies in the people who were at the front because they needed to have good night vision to be able to see the road.
Nan Hua herself had no problems.
She also knew that her twin brother and Feng Ao Kuai were good at this because of their harsh training.
All that left were to select the other few soldiers with better vision to lead the way for the others and left the markings. It took some time before everything was settled.
The 1000 soldiers under Nan Luo and Feng Ao Kuai silently walked in the darkness towards the river banks. They were carrying buckets or other water carrying items while Nan Luo was carrying a basket filled with sticks that they had gathered not long ago.