Chapter 119: Turning Point (2)

Hearing Yang Qiu say that he was willing to lead the way for Chen Cheng to attack Linrong, Cheng Yi blurted out: "Are you crazy? ”

Yang Qiu sneered and said, "This is where I don't look down on you Chengyi, you don't dare to bet at the critical moment." ”

He raised his head and said proudly: "A certain family was originally only a pawn in an army, and the reason why it has only been three years since the army was raised was that it was able to bring tens of thousands of armor and run rampant. That's because a certain family can be cowardly when it should be, but it can also be out when it is time to work hard! When I sent troops to surround me, if it wasn't for Ma Teng to save me, Wuwei would have been in my pocket a long time ago! ”

Cheng Yi sneered: "Dream on you, even if Ma Teng doesn't come, Zhang Heng's five thousand black armor troops have already arrived in Xianmei, and Cheng Yin's army is also on the way, can you beat the three of us together?" ”

Yang Qiu said: "Success or failure is still unknown!" ”

Chen Cheng coughed, interrupting the argument between the two, and said, "Yang Taishou said that you are familiar with the geography of Shuofang County?" ”

"Yes, the Huns have always been a big trouble in the north, and I have already sent someone to secretly inquire about the location of the oasis in the desert, just to prevent the Huns from killing them from the desert and taking Lingzhou directly." Yang Qiu said with a smile: "Of course, we also thought about going to the Huns to grab a handful when we had the opportunity." ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Yang Taishou is full of courage! ”

He said to Cheng Yi again: "Cheng Taishou, if General Yang and I are gone, can you stay here?" ”

Cheng Yi thought for a while and said, "Within fifteen days, I can hold it, but beyond fifteen days, it's hard to say." ”

Chen Cheng clapped his hands and said: "Fifteen days is enough, Linrong is only six hundred miles away from here, hurry up, a hundred miles a day, enough for the news that Linrong has been breached." ”

He said to Yang Qiu: "This matter can't be quiet, you pick three hundred elite cavalry out, and say that you want to go back to Fuping to move reinforcements, and then go to Lingzhou with me first." ”

Chen Cheng has slashed and killed two or three hundred enemies in the past few days, and has risen one level, this time the attribute points are still added to the "intelligence", and the two skill points are the two levels of "reconnaissance". Each level of the "Scouting" skill gives you information about the surrounding area within a distance of ten miles, including the geography of mountains and rivers and the location of enemy allies. Two levels of "reconnaissance" skills can ensure safety within 20 miles, that is, 10 kilometers.

It was because of such an advantage that he dared to attack Linrong. However, he was going to rely on his ability to avoid the reef on the back of the boat, and now that Yang Qiu proposed to cross the desert, he felt that it was not impossible. Riding a horse by land can ensure the initiative in battle, and it is not like taking a boat, which is a one-time death assault.

The Yellow River is so large that it is easy to float along the river, but it is even more difficult to come back against the river. Chen Cheng has always been good, not to people, no matter who he is, as long as what he says makes sense, he will accept it.

There are many skills in "Horse Riding and Slashing", and he doesn't know how effective some skills will be until they run out. For example, the skill of "trading" is said to reduce trading losses. Chen Cheng wondered, can he still cut the price below the cost price of others?

Originally, he wanted to fill up the "strong attack" skill first, but he was shocked by the Huns from the side before, so he tried to click on the first level of "reconnaissance", and then found that the effect was very good, so he added another skill point.

This skill is so useful, even if you don't use it to fight, you can go to find ore veins.

General Chen Cheng called all the generals in, and then announced in public: "There are too many Huns, although we can win with our current strength, there will be many casualties, so I decided to go to other princes in Liangzhou to ask for reinforcements." Everyone, please stick to the camp and do not fight for 15 days. In my absence, the affairs of the army were handled by Lu Fang and Zhao Yun together, and they were unified under the command of Cheng Yi Taishou. ”

Lü Fang and Zhao Yun stepped forward to receive the order, and then Yang Qiu returned to his own camp and announced the same order.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals left one after another, and Chen Cheng said to Zhao Yun: "Zhao's master book stays, I have something to say to you." ”

Lu Fang paused, glanced at Zhao Yun with jealous eyes, and said in his heart; Although I am the deputy general, the lord trusts Zhao Zilong more. It's a pity that he met the lord earlier than me, which is something that cannot be forced. If you want to overshadow this person, you have to make a splash!

Although the large force of the Huns retreated, there were still many small groups of cavalry roaming on the ground within tens of miles, firstly to cover their movements, and secondly, to reconnoiter the military situation in the south. These two things are actually one and the other, and two and the other.

Of course, when the opportunity is right, they will also attack the messengers and food convoys that come and go.

For such an action of the Huns, Chen Cheng and they did not have a good way, either to reduce the control area of the engine room, or to send more light cavalry squads to compete with the Huns for control of the battlefield.

Chen Cheng looked at the small map within a radius of twenty miles of the Extension Road, and there were more than a dozen red dots gathered together on it, which were the sentinels placed by the Huns around them. He whispered to Zhao Yun: "Yang Qiu and I left this time, not to move the rescue troops, but to prepare to go to the desert to attack Linrong. ”

Zhao Yun was shocked in his heart, but his face was silent, just looked around.

Chen Cheng continued to whisper: "I don't have to worry about this way, but after drawing seven hundred cavalry, there are too few troops here. If the Huns attacked with all their might, they might not be able to defend it. ”

Zhao Yun said angrily: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely protect the camp." ”

Chen Cheng originally had a lot of things to say to Zhao Yun, such as persuading him that when the camp was really undefendable, he must save his useful body. But now he felt that saying those words was just an insult to Zhao Yun. He was silent for a while, then patted the shoulder of the encounter and said, "With your words, I am relieved!" ”

In the evening, a thousand cavalrymen from the two large battalions poured out and rushed in the direction of the ferry. After seeing this situation, the Hun scouts in the distance quickly divided several people and passed the news back. But this news did not attract the attention of the Huns, but it was just more than a thousand horses, what effect could it have? They already don't know how many thousand people were killed or wounded.

The ferry, along with the fishing boat, worked until night, when the thousand people were transported across the Yellow River. This is still after leaving hundreds of horses at the ferry, and if you want to transport all the horses, you will not be able to do it until tomorrow morning.

Then Chen Cheng and Yang Qiu took a little more time and led their troops into Lingzhou City. Yan Zhong was busy for a day, and was about to rest, when he heard that Chen Cheng had returned with his troops, he thought that something had happened on the other side of the Yellow River, so he quickly jumped up from the bed, and rushed to the barracks on horseback. When he arrived, he found that Xu Chao had also arrived.

"Junhou," Yan Zhong's face turned pale, and he said calmly: "With the natural danger of the Yellow River, the Huns can't beat it." ”

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Bodao, what are you talking nonsense?" We were not defeated. ”

Yan Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, his whole person became relaxed, and asked, "Since you didn't lose the battle, why did the prince suddenly return to the east coast?" ”

Chen Cheng looked to the side and said to the soldiers, "You go out first." ”

After only the two of them were left in the big tent, he revealed the plan and plan for the surprise attack on Linrong. Yan Zhong's face changed slightly, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's not my forte to make a decision on the spot." It's just that the prince has thought about it? The road to Linrong is long, in addition to the desert, you may also meet the tribe of the Huns at any time on the way. ”

Chen Cheng said: "I have made up my mind!" ”

Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Yan Zhong asked, "Then what is there that needs to be done by me and County Magistrate Xu?" ”

"Prepare more dry food and water bladders," Chen Cheng said, "collect at least 500 war horses and 2,000 horses." ”

Xu Chao immediately said: "Dry food and water bladders are not a problem, but most of the war horses in the city have been transported to the other side of the river, and there are less than three hundred, and there are still a lot of horses." ”

Chen Cheng said: "Three hundred horses are enough, we have to be ready tonight, we will rest here for one night, and we will set off before dawn tomorrow!" ”

That night, there was a lot of noise in the city for a while, Yan Zhong assigned men, and Xu Chao personally went into battle to prepare the mounts and materials that Chen Cheng needed. They were busy until late at night, and when everything was done, they went back to sleep.

The next day, at the time of the third watch, the 1,000 cavalry in the barracks in the city had already gotten up, first made food and fed the horses, and after breakfast, they went straight out of the north gate before dawn. There were a total of 3,000 horses in 1,000 cavalry, and Chen Cheng was ready to lose more than 1,000 horses.

They moved very quickly, and in only one day, they ran more than a hundred miles into the desert. The temperature in the desert during the day was noticeably much warmer than outside, and they took advantage of the darkness of the night to run for more than thirty miles, until the horses began to lose some of their support, and then stopped for two hours to trim.

The soldiers after hastily feeding the horses. He ate some dry food indiscriminately, then fell asleep wrapped in a blanket on the sand. Chen Cheng squinted his eyes and rested for a while, he felt that he had only slept for five minutes before he was woken up.

YANG Qiudao; "Envoy, it's almost dawn, don't take advantage of the time to march, and you won't be able to leave when the sun is big."

Chen Cheng knew this truth, wiped it vigorously on his face, and then said loudly: "Let's walk for two hours first, and then rest when the sun rises in the sky!" ”

The soldiers got up from the ground, cleaned up, and accelerated towards the north while the weather was still cool. Twenty miles further north, the sun was already very strong, and the sand on the ground was boiling hot. Chen Cheng naturally didn't feel anything, but the others were already sweating and their mouths were dry.

Chen Cheng said in his heart: The desert march is so hard!

He had already brought a lot of food and water with him, and at least a third of his "inventory" was filled with well water in wooden barrels, but one person and a thousand people were completely different concepts. If you march against the sun, you will have to consume a lot of extra drinking water. People can carry it, but horses can't resist it for long. As a last resort, they had to find a tent under the sand dune and let the horses and soldiers hide in it to rest.

In order not to reduce the non-combat attrition too much, a lot of drinking water was distributed to both the livestock and the soldiers. This desert is only more than 100 miles long, and there are a few places in the middle where you can replenish drinking water, so you don't have to be too harsh on the soldiers.