There are more than 10,000 soldiers, boundless; There were more than 100,000 soldiers, and the earth was full of sky.

There were nearly 50,000 officers and troops from Huainan in Shandong, and the scene was really terrifying. If someone stands at the front of the line and looks back, they will see a whole group of officers and soldiers, and they can't see the end.

The crowd of officers and soldiers is naturally not small, but at the same time, it also makes the march of the team a lot more troublesome. If there were only people from Shandong, there would not be any problems under Sun Tu's years of training, but with the Huainan Army, which was not strict in military discipline and generally inferior in physical fitness, the situation of the whole team would look a little chaotic. Often the front and rear teams cannot form a tacit understanding, either the distance between them is too large, or the rear team always collides with the front team, and the marching speed is completely slowed down.

This not only made the Shandong army feel uncomfortable, but the Huainan army also had an inferiority complex and confusion because of the comparison. After all, on the one hand, there are majestic elite divisions, and on the other hand, there are still some people with dishes on their faces, and their steps are vain, and the gap between the two official armies is too big, which is easy to make many generals of the Huainan Army jealous.

However, under Peng Yongzhen's insistence, the officers and troops of the two routes still cooperated slowly all the way, so for most of the day, the team traveled less than thirty miles, and seeing that the sky was getting dark, they were about to be unable to hurry.

Jinling to Changzhou is only more than 200 miles, if you ride a fast horse, you can arrive in a day or two. But if you march slowly with tens of thousands of troops like this, I am afraid that you will not be able to reach it in seven or eight days. When they understood this, even Peng Yongzhen felt a little uneasy, if they delayed the time and rushed to Changzhou to fall, their sin would be great.

So when the army stopped in front, he thought of discussing with Sun Tu to send an elite leader to hurry forward and arrive in Changzhou one step earlier. But as soon as he got out of the camp gate, and before he walked to the Shandong military camp not far away, he saw that several people had already strode over there, and the person who took the lead was Sun Tu.

"Sun Xuan, this official is just looking for you to have something, hurry up and talk." Peng Yongzhen was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly let Sun Tu into the camp, invited him into his big tent, and then directly expressed all his concerns and thoughts.

"This official is also here because of this, it is not a way to drag on the road like this after all, you have to divide all the way and hurry over. I just don't know in Peng Xuan's opinion, which side of us should send troops? Sun Tu asked with a smile.

"The Shandong soldiers are all brave and good at fighting, I believe that even if they only go to a few thousand, they will definitely be able to turn the war ahead, so let's ask Sun Chan to send the elite to rush." Peng Yongzhen was also realistic, and immediately proposed.

"That being the case, the official is naturally responsible. In this way, tonight, I will lead my 5,000 elites to rush to Changzhou overnight and rush to Changzhou as soon as possible. As for the other soldiers and horses, they will move forward with the Huainan army, and I only hope that after that, Peng Zhanzhi can let your soldiers and horses under your command be more energetic and hurry, and don't drag it out like today. ”

Peng Yongzhen's face turned red when he said this, but he was irrefutable, so he could only vaguely agree, and then said with concern: "Does Sun Chan plan to personally lead the elite to take risks?" ”

"The stakes are high, I don't dare to be sloppy." Sun Tu replied meaningfully, and then got up and said, "The military situation is like fire, so I won't delay." After dinner, I will lead the army first, and the rest of the war will be taken care of by Lao Peng. ”

Peng Yongzhen agreed a little confusedly, until he sent Sun Tu out of the camp, he still muttered in his heart, you rushed to the rescue first, why did you still let me worry about the war? However, he didn't think much about it, just said that Sun Tu casually said the wrong thing, and quickly summoned some of the generals under him to the tent, and blamed them, so that they must not slack off like this day in the future.

Not to mention that the Huainan army wants to correct the slackness of the day, but the Shandong army camp is solemn at this time, thousands of elites of the Qingzhou army are eating silently, and other comrades around them are helping them to pack the food for the next few days into their small backpacks, everything is so quiet and orderly.

Seeing Sun Tu's return, Dong Ping, Song Jiang and the others quickly stepped forward and asked, "Ruler, they didn't see any flaws, did they?" ”

Sun Tu smiled and said: "Then Peng Yongzhen also saw the problem of slow marching, and thought that I was planning to take the first step to save Changzhou, so naturally I don't doubt him." ”

"That's good." Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then persuaded again: "Governor, why don't you let Dong Dujian return to his humble post and lead the army to Danyang on your behalf?" After all, this matter is against the military order, if it is investigated afterwards......"

At this time, Sun Tu also took a dry cake with white water like other soldiers and chewed it, and swallowed it before saying: "I understand your thoughts, but Danyang is very important, we must attack with all our might, if it is about the control of the Qingzhou army, no one can compare with me, so I can only lead the team myself." Also, if I really want to investigate, I can still resist the pressure, but you can't. ”

After eating all the dry cakes in three or two bites, Sun Tucai clapped his hands and said: "Okay, what you have to do next is not much easier than mine, maybe there is still a tough battle to be fought in Changzhou, plus you still need to deal with the Huainan Army after you get there, as long as you do these two things well, your credit is not small." ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Song Jiang and the others could no longer insist, so they all crossed their hands and responded to the order: "The last general will take the order." Please also be careful all the way, and wish our army a victory! ”

"Haha, of course you have to win, of course you can win!" Sun Tu said and looked at the dark sky in front of him: "I think even those thieves would not have thought that I would suddenly kill Danyang!" As long as the enemy is unprepared, there is a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning! ”

With the shouting of orders, the Shandong military camp, which was originally quite quiet, quickly boiled, and in less than half an hour, as soon as the front camp door opened, an army of 5,000 people had already roared out, and quickly went south along the official road, and the speed of the march was more than twice as fast as during the day.

Seeing this scene, the Huainan army was amazed, and many people were even more ashamed of themselves, after all, their own family was too weak in comparison. However, some generals, when they saw the hundreds of cavalry in front of the head of the Shandong army, all of them showed red expressions, so many cavalry they couldn't even dream of.

Under the leadership of Sun Tu, the Shandong army quickly leaked through the vast dark night, and on both sides of the road were undulating hills and hills. Although it is autumn and winter, in the area south of the Yangtze River, the trees have not completely withered, and there is night cover, so the situation in the distant mountains and forests is difficult to be understood.

At this time, in the forest ahead, there were really several pairs of eyes observing the movements of this official army, and several people still had some doubts in their hearts: "This official army dares to rush at night, and the speed is so fast." ”

"I've inquired, one of the reinforcements sent by Jinling this time is from Sun Tu's department in Shandong, and that official army has a good reputation now, so it must be them."

"Shandong Army? They were able to pacify Liangshanbo in just one or two months, and their combat power was indeed good, and the brothers over there in Changzhou might really have difficulties. We'll have to go back and report back the news. ”

"What about this side? There are still tens of thousands of officers and soldiers here......"

"Just leave two or three people with you here, and they're just going to march like this today, and we can handle it." The leader quickly made a decision, and then led the two of them on the same starry night, and galloped towards the south—yes, in the woods, they also hid horses, so that they could maintain sufficient mobility.

With their familiarity with the roads in the Jiangnan region, this group of horsemen picked up the shortcut trails, although they started late, but the speed was much faster than that of Sun Tu's subordinates - after all, they were all fast horses, and most of Sun Tu's side could only rely on their feet to hurry, so naturally they could not compare - so when the sky was dark, they had crossed to the front of the Shandong army, and sent this key information to the detailed point here in a small town, and the people here passed it on to the next station on fast horses.

Whether it is Sun Tu or Zhu Mian, or other generals, they would not have thought that Fang La's anti-army has now extended its tentacles, placed more than ten detailed points near Jinling and other places, and constantly transmitted information from the front to the south, which is also the reason why they have been stagnant since they took Suzhou two months ago, in order to achieve the final victory, this time the anti-army is much more stable and intelligent than imagined.

It only took two days for this information to reach Suzhou and be delivered to an elegant-looking and tall general. After listening to the report and reading the relevant intelligence content, the corners of this mouth hooked up a faint smile: "Sun Tu?" This person is a famous general in the north, but I don't know how much ability he has when he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River? However, according to the current situation, he is nothing more than this, and he has no idea that he has fallen into the calculations of our Jiang military division. ”

"What General Pang said is that no matter how famous Sun Tu is, he is just an outsider in my Jiangnan after all, plus our Jiang military division has always been clever, how can he be undefeated?" The subordinate on the side smiled and agreed: "Then can you let General Fang do it next?" ”

"Almost, the officials and troops on the Jinling side should have moved to Changzhou and Wuxi, and it should be time for the Ten Buddha Brothers to take the opportunity to take Danyang. Even if Danyang asked for help at that time, the Jinling army was evacuated, and with Zhu Mian's courage, he did not dare to transfer more soldiers and horses to Danyang. Moreover, if he really dares to do this, it is time for me Pang Wanchun to make this great military feat! Speaking of which, the general's eyes flashed with light, and in his opinion, the battle situation was completely clear, and it was only a matter of time before he won a big victory!