Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao arrived near the bandits' ambush point before dark.

Along the way, news kept coming in that the bandits had added a large number of scouts and were conducting reconnaissance in their area.

Zhang Cheng said, "Captain, have these bandits noticed something?"

Ding Xuguang said, "An entire brigade of bandits disappeared inexplicably. How could they not be nervous?"

Jiao Yajun also spoke up, "The bandits from the brigade we eliminated were most likely coordinating with the bandit unit in front.

We lost contact all of a sudden. Do you think they are anxious?"

Lu Tianhao had already observed the ambush site of the bandits.

There were high mountains on both sides of the ambush site, and there was only a road in the middle that was more than 100 meters wide for travel.

Such an ambush site would not be considered a good ambush site in the era of cold weapons.

Even if there are a large number of arrows shooting from both sides, the army walking on the middle road can still quickly form a defense.

In addition, the lethality of bows and arrows is not very strong, so the casualties of the army can definitely be controlled within an acceptable range.

However, in such a valley, if the army were attacked by hot weapons, it would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Lu Tianhao had no intention of letting his troops go into the valley to take this risk.

Lu Tianhao’s decision was to prepare for another full-coverage artillery bombardment on the bandits.

After arranging the night patrol team, Lu Tianhao asked the other soldiers to have a good rest for the night, as there would be a big battle tomorrow.

In the military camp several dozen miles away, Adjutant Sun said to the division commander, "Division commander, the bandits have sent a lot of scouts around us. I wonder what they are up to?"

Commander Ding was also puzzled. "Could it be that the bandits have other ideas about us?"

Adjutant Sun shook his head and said, "We have sent out a lot of scouts to closely monitor the bandits' every move.

Apart from sending out a number of scouts, the bandits' army did not take any action.

Could it be that there are bandits ahead of us planning to set an ambush for us?"

Commander Ding was silent for a long while before he spoke, "Send more scouts to find out the bandits' purpose."

Just then, a piece of information was sent in. After the two read it, they suddenly realized it.

Adjutant Sun said, "Commander, should we send a message to this army, telling them that there are bandits ambushing ahead of them?"

Commander Ding shook his head and said, "I don't think that's necessary. According to the information we have gathered, this unit is well-equipped and is definitely an elite unit.

How could such an army not know that there was an ambush of bandits ahead?

The fact that they set up camp not far from the bandits' ambush point proved that they already knew about the bandits' ambush.

What I don't understand now is that this army is not large in numbers.

But they didn't take a detour. Could it be that they were waiting until tomorrow morning to fight off the bandits' ambush head-on?"

Adjutant Sun was even more puzzled, "Although this unit is well-equipped, the bandits' firepower is not weak either.

Add to that the difference in numbers and the fact that the enemy was ambushing from a high position, and I see little chance of this army winning.

What does this army want to do? Whose army are they?"

Commander Ding was also full of doubts. "Send more people to keep a close eye on this unit and see what they are trying to do."

Adjutant Sun went down to arrange the personnel, and the two men's small meeting ended, and they each returned to the camp to rest.

The next day, Lu Tianhao and the soldiers got up before dawn.

After a simple breakfast, Lu Tianhao led the soldiers and quickly rushed to a place not far from the bandits' ambush point.

Lu Tianhao exchanged another 100 120mm mortars.

Then he released all 500 mortars in the system space.

The 600 mortars were divided into two groups, each aimed at one side of the hill.

Lu Tianhao instructed the artillerymen that this time the bombardment should be stopped after three rounds of firing from far to near.

Then, depending on the bombing situation, decide whether to continue the shelling.

The reason why Lu Tianhao ordered the bombardment to start from far away and then move closer was because he was worried that after the bombardment began, the bandits would be defeated and escape from the other side.

Lu Tianhao asked the other soldiers to prepare for battle, and if the enemy rushed over, they must be completely wiped out.

There were large numbers of shells piled up near each mortar.

In order to carry out this full-coverage bombardment, Lu Tianhao spent a huge amount of money again.

After everything was arranged, the sky brightened and the hills on both sides of the valley in front could be seen clearly.

The bandit's observation soldier suddenly discovered that not far outside the valley, there were densely packed mortars, and the enemy's artillery was ready for shelling.

The observer was horrified and ran back in panic, wanting to tell the commander about the situation.

However, it was too late. The observer had just run a dozen meters away when Lu Tianhao's army launched a full-coverage artillery bombardment.

The shells fell like raindrops on the hills on both sides of the valley.

Continuous explosions rang out, and the hilltops on both sides of the valley were filled with flames and smoke.

The first place to be bombarded was the farther side of the hill. The bandits hiding on the hill were caught off guard and a large number of them were injured or killed.

The artillery fire ignited the dead branches and leaves on the mountain, and soon a raging fire broke out.

As the shelling got closer, the hilltops on both sides were all covered in artillery fire.

The continuous explosions caused heavy casualties among the bandit soldiers.

After bombarding the hills on both sides, the artillerymen adjusted the mortars and carried out another full-coverage bombardment from near to far.

The entire hilltop was engulfed in flames, and the surviving bandits screamed in pain in the fire.

Many bandits rushed down from the top of the mountain and tried to escape along both sides of the valley.

How could the artillerymen let them escape? After adjusting their firing range, they launched a fierce bombardment at the valley in the middle.

Many bandits rushed towards Lu Tianhao's artillery position.

However, all these were in vain, as there were already a large number of machine guns waiting for these bandits.

Under the dense machine gun blockade, no bandit soldier could break through the blockade.

The artillerymen strictly followed Lu Tianhao's orders and bombarded the hills and valleys on both sides three times before stopping.

This time, the full-coverage bombardment consumed more than 10,000 points.

Although Lu Tianhao felt heartbroken, as long as he could make the bandits pay with blood, it would be worth it.

Lu Tianhao's heart was full of anticipation, wondering what the harvest would be this time.