The Whirlwind Brigade was really unusual, and in order to prevent the Tibetans from sneaking up, they sent scouts in the front and rear and on both flanks.

Especially in front of the front, a total of twelve teams of scouts were dispatched, each with five people. These five people should pay attention to looking at each other and not leaving their sights when investigating. Each team of scouts is one mile apart, and the maximum dispersal range can reach more than twenty miles.

Scouts are equipped with ringing arrows to alert the rear in the event of an emergency. In addition to this, they also carried flag guns, which were three meters long, and a small flag more than a foot wide was placed under the head of the gun. When they found the enemy team, they waved their flags left and right, and when the scouts behind saw it, they passed the information to Zhao Lang layer by layer.

If the enemy is still far away, it is not a sudden situation, just need to slowly light the flag. If the enemy is aggressive, then draw a circle and wave the flag.

Whenever there is a place where the mountains are steep and the cavalry cannot go up, the infantry will go up the mountain with the five-sided five-color flag to explore, and all the valleys and dense forests cannot be missed.

With these scouts of the Whirlwind Brigade, it is equivalent to the baggage convoy has eyes and ears.

For the cavalry, the two-hundred-mile road could be reached in less than two days. But the baggage truck traveled much slower, and it took less than half of the three days to go.

When resting in the middle of the day and camping at night, Lu Xiaoxian never forgot to let the united soldiers train the cart formation first. Over the course of a few days, the speed at which these united soldiers were deployed was significantly faster than before they set off.

Cong Chen watched from the side, and couldn't help but shake his head: "Is it necessary for the unity soldiers who transport the baggage to still practice the formation?" ”

Zhao Lang admired Lu Xiaoxian very much, and he retorted: "If you are prepared, you will not be in trouble, Lu Gongzi is right to do this!" ”

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Eagle Valley is a canyon that is only two miles long, and after the canyon, you will reach Taozhou City after walking for thirty miles.

"Maben! Maben! A Tubo sentry rode off his horse in a saddle, ran in three steps and two steps, and the exhausted war horse was dragged aside with foaming at the mouth, "The baggage team of the Tang army is about twenty miles away from the Eagle Valley!" ”

According to Mangbuzhi's idea, as soon as the baggage team left Guangwu County, he could lead the cavalry to launch a surprise attack and wipe them out in one fell swoop, but the hated water insisted on setting up an ambush in the Eagle Valley.

The reason for hating the water is very simple, attacking each other in the endless wilderness, in case Lu Xiaoxian escapes, how to explain to Da Yan?

Seeing that the hateful water moved his father out, Mangbuzhi was silent. To be on the safe side, I had to reluctantly agree to Hate Water's suggestion.

Mang Buzhi nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, glanced at the hatred water beside him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "As long as they enter the Eagle Valley, they are destined to die!" ”

The 1,000 cavalry brought by Mangbuzhi were carefully selected from 10,000 people, and they can be described as the elite of the elite. They were invincible in all previous wars, and their achievements were outstanding, and each cavalryman's crotch mount was an incomparably strong Qinghai horse, known as coming without a shadow, going without a trace, and being invincible. It would be a waste to attack a slow-moving baggage team with such a fierce army, and the moment when Mangbuzhi had already returned triumphantly.

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The baggage team walked slowly in the desolate wilderness, according to the plan, they should have crossed the Eagle Valley today and camped for accommodation, and arrived at Taozhou City before sunset tomorrow.

But the plan did not change quickly, and half of the 800 united soldiers were over forty years old, and they used all their strength to make these baggage wagons over the mountains, and they almost broke up. In the past few days, many people have been unable to bear it, and the speed is naturally getting slower and slower. In the morning, there were several big cars that broke down, and when they were repaired and set off again, it was already in the afternoon.

After walking for a few more hours, when he arrived at a place ten miles away from the Eagle Valley, Lu Xiaoxian saw that it was getting late, so he ordered everyone to camp.

"Lu Gongzi ordered, rest the camel! Camp! The command spread among the solidarity soldiers.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian did not forget to let the unity soldiers train and set up the formation before setting up camp, and the unity soldiers were also accustomed to this.

The busy solidarity soldiers were all unkempt, and everyone felt weak and numb. Lu Xiaoxian also stretched his waist fiercely, the closer they were to Taozhou City, the more guaranteed their safety was. Of course, the closer he is to Taozhou City, the better his mood will be!

After camping, Zhao Lang sent out vigilant soldiers as usual, a habit he had formed over the years.

Not far away, the Guangwu united soldiers noisily pulled the cork of the wine sac and put the bread and wolf meat on the bonfire, and the smell of burning knives and food suddenly wafted leisurely.

Cong Chen shrugged his nose, swallowed his saliva, and scolded hatefully: "The army still dares to drink, just such a loose military discipline, if you want to put it in our whirlwind brigade, it is enough to cut off their heads!" ”

Cong Chen drank a lot of alcohol, and Zhao Lang knew that he was hooked out of the wine worm in his stomach, so he didn't talk to him.

Cong Chen is right, the military discipline of the Whirlwind Brigade is extremely strict, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol when performing tasks, and violators will be beheaded. As for the unity soldiers, they are not the people of the headquarters, and Zhao Lang is too lazy to care.

The unity soldiers can drink alcohol after camping, which Lu Xiaoxian agreed, and the wine was also prepared by Lu Xiaoxian, but he was also very measured, and only allowed the unity soldiers to drink a sip to relieve fatigue.

Zhao Lang can understand Lu Xiaoxian's approach, if it weren't for the sip of wine he drank every night, so that these people had a hope, it is estimated that this group of rabble would have been unable to move for a long time.

To be honest, when accepting Wang Xiaojie's order, Zhao Lang was also very reluctant in his heart. The Whirlwind Brigade is the elite of the Tang Army, as the pro-guard of the marching commander, their main duty is to ensure the safety of the commander of the army, but they are sent out to protect a young man.

Zhao Lang has followed Wang Xiaojie to the east and west for so many years, and he knows that Wang Xiaojie must have done this for a reason. How can the person who can be valued by Wang Xiaojie be an ordinary person?

Sure enough, after seeing Lu Xiaoxian, Zhao Lang confirmed his conjecture. In Guangwu County, Lu Xiaoxian's sincerity made Zhao Lang have to agree that he and the baggage team would go to Taozhou together.

Along the way, Zhao Lang has also been secretly observing Lu Xiaoxian. Zhao Lang found that Lu Xiaoxian's prestige was very high among the eight hundred united soldiers, and no matter how hard they worked, none of them were left behind. The daily training and deployment of the formation was boring and physically demanding, but the united soldiers still meticulously did what Lu Xiaoxian asked. From this alone, it can be seen that Lu Xiaoxian still has the talent to lead troops.

"Big brother! Here, take a sip! Cong Chen handed the sheepskin water bladder in his hand to Zhao Lang, and said sourly, "If you can't drink wine, we won't be thirsty!" ”

Zhao Lang took the sheepskin water bladder and took a sip, but his brain was not idle. Ten miles ahead is the Eagle Valley, from there through a canyon of only two miles, and then walk thirty miles to Taozhou City. The more this happens, the more careless you can't be careless, and tomorrow you must send scouts to carefully search the eagle valley inside and outside to ensure that nothing goes wrong before you can pass.