Chapter 37: Charge

"Hurry up, keep up!" Zou Jing supervised in the front, and the cavalry in the back was also responsible for supervising the army, urging the soldiers to advance quickly. Hurry up and get fifty miles away, then you can rest for a while.

"Deran, I didn't expect us to be comrades." On the way, Liu Bei came over to say hello. Zou Jing found him a horse, but what Liu Tao didn't expect was that his riding skills were even better than himself, and he could easily sit on the back of the horse without stirrups.

He wants to say that he can do it, and he does have experience in horseback riding. It's just that I haven't ridden for too long, and I have made up for it recently, so that my memory and practice can be synchronized, but I can't do it as easily as Liu Bei.

In this operation, it was impossible to lead the army to charge, and there were 4,000 friendly troops in front, and the militia regiment of the headquarters was in the rear according to the orders, mainly to supervise those recruits. At the same time, there were fifty soldiers of his own family by his side. Rao is like this, Liu Tao still has no bottom in his heart.

"Well, I didn't expect my brother to join the army." Liu Tao replied slowly, in fact, it was just a joke: Who said earlier that there were relatives at home who needed to be taken care of?

"After hesitating at home for several days, I explained the situation to my mother, who encouraged me to fight for it if I had an idea. Seriously, Bei even thought about joining the militia ......" Liu Bei said with a smile, looking modest.

"If my brother still has this idea, my militia welcomes you." Liu Tao smiled gently at him. If you really enter the militia, there is always a way to kill him.

"It's a pity, now that I have been recruited to join General Zou, I can't go to Qin Duchu." Liu Bei shook his head.

"That's the truth......" Liu Tao smiled faintly and did not comment.

Liu Bei wanted to talk more, but found that Liu Tao only had a match, and knew that he was not interested, so he kept silent.

"Brother, if you charge, be sure to follow me!" At this time, Guan Yu came to Liu Tao's side.

"Thanks to Yun Chang's cover!" Liu Tao nodded and replied, General Zhang Fei and Zou Jing's cavalry launched a charge at a critical moment, which meant that he had no way to protect himself nearby, and what he could rely on was Guan Yu, who commanded the sword and shield soldiers, as well as Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu, two middle-level generals.

The two chatted like this, and Liu Bei next to him seemed to understand. It turned out that Liu Tao was likely to charge and kill the enemy in person for the first time, so he was inevitably a little timid. Thinking about it, compared to himself, Liu Tao is more like a scribe, and it is hard to imagine what he looks like when he enters the enemy formation.

Slowly, if he falls...... Can you ...... Liu Bei suddenly had a very bad idea, and he also felt that his idea was a little scary.

looked at Guan Yu, and then at Zhang Fei among the horse armies on both sides. Even in the militia group, the people called Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu seem to have good ability...... He found that he couldn't suppress this thought of himself.

Finally, I took a few deep breaths and tried not to think about it, and then gradually suppressed this terrible thought.

The army marched towards the predetermined fifty miles away, and no one was left behind on the road, even if it was a new recruit, it was easy to complete the marching task, which made Liu Tao a little curious.

These soldiers under his command practiced every day, and it was not a big problem to jog for fifty miles, and it was even easier to walk. The soldiers under Zou Jing are the elite of the border army, and the problem is not big. But there are still 2,000 soldiers, who have just enlisted in the army, how can they keep up?

During the break, Liu Tao asked Guan Yu curiously, and the latter smiled when he heard this: "Ordinary people, the most worthless thing is this strength." Sometimes, in order to earn ten cents, I can walk back and forth between the two counties several times, and I have long been used to it! ”

Indeed, walking is the most unskilled thing, and these people often walk to and from the township and the county seat, and as far as walking is concerned, it has been more than 20 years, and 50 miles is really nothing.

In particular, they rested for two quarters of an hour in the middle, ate a meal of dry food, and the soldiers were full of food and drink, naturally and strongly, and they completed fifty miles in one go, without any delay at all.

"Normal marching ......" Zou Jing also came over to join in the fun, "Most of them are dragged down by baggage, limited by the speed of the vehicle, if there is no one to escort, then the enemy suddenly launches a surprise attack, then the army will immediately lack food, and naturally collapse without a fight." If you want to protect the baggage convoy, then the speed of the daily march will inevitably be slowed down. ”

In terms of pure marching, the foot soldiers could probably march a hundred or even two hundred miles a day. However, the regular march is generally sixty or seventy miles. Like the Yellow Turban thief, dragging his family with his mouth and carrying a large number of people to travel, fifty miles is overestimated.

No, they had already arrived fifty miles first, but around the time of Shen in the afternoon. At this time, the figure of the thief did not appear, Zou Jing ordered him to rest in place, but he was not allowed to move around at will, he tried to eat and drink as much as possible, and he needed to deal with it quickly and immediately.

It is also considered that the thief can't come over for an hour or two, so he can be so rich, otherwise he will have to hold even feces and urine.

"I'm going to relieve myself...... Liu Tao was also trembling, and then left to carry everyone around for a small relief. There's really nothing to avoid around, and it's not good to go too far.

He is not the only one who has a small solution, when encountering this kind of life-and-death thing, especially if it has not happened yet, it seems that there will always be a feeling of holding back a soak of urine.

"I really admire some of the crossing peers, just cross over, the battlefield can not be scared to pee." Liu Tao shuddered, tidied up the calf's nose, and then tied his trousers.

The calf nose cassket, to be honest, is almost the same as the crotch cloth, and the key is that not everyone wears it. Ordinary scholars don't wear it, but the common people wear a calf-nosed robe and go to work in the summer. In other words, the calf's nose is actually worn as pants.

Liu Tao suddenly could understand why scholars in these years are popular with robes and kneeling. He was really not used to this, so he prepared a calf nose jacket and put on a pair of trousers outside, which was nondescript and nondescript, at least he felt a lot calmer to wear.

"Report the ......" Scout returned again, but it was a little faster than before, "The thief is five miles away, and seems to have noticed us and is slowing down!" ”

"Assemble at once, and then, march slowly!" Zou Jing would not give them a chance to breathe, and immediately ordered when he heard this.

"Assemble!" The soldiers gathered one after another, and then, under Zou Jing's military orders, began to continue the march. There are only five miles before and after, and within half an hour at most, you will encounter enemy troops!

Everyone began to hold back their strength, and the soldiers in the front row were staring at the direction of the horizon.

About forty minutes or so, about three quarters of an hour, on the horizon, an army appeared in sight. The uneven ranks, the scattered formations, the rudimentary to almost no armament, and the armor is a rag coat. The front part, not even the yellow scarf on the head, it is clear that these are the coerced teams.

In the rear, I really can't see the rear, there are too many people in the front row, there are probably tens of thousands, fortunately, the horizontal division goes out, so you can vaguely see the Chinese army, mainly because the horses are too conspicuous!

"The thief is now, the retreater is dead, and the meritorious service is at this time!" Zou Jing immediately raised his gun and pointed forward, "Charge with me!" ”

"Kill the thief and make meritorious service, wait for the general, charge!" Liu Tao also burst into applause, and led the army to follow Zou Jing and start charging!