At noon the next day, Gu Shizhong continued to take the Fourth Mixed Regiment on the way, because he had rested all night, so the soldiers of the Fourth Mixed Regiment were not slow to march!

The army of more than 6,000 people is advancing rapidly on the official road, there is a battalion of infantry as the vanguard, the front is about a thousand meters away from the main force, and the rear is the main force, in order to prevent accidents, so the main force marching in a relatively close form, artillery and baggage troops in the center, a large number of horses dragging all kinds of artillery, ammunition carts forward, and the horses or mules, donkeys and other livestock of the baggage troops, are dragging one after another full of various materials and carriages.

A large number of infantry are advancing on both sides!

The 100 cavalry members of the cavalry corps, in groups of more than 10 cavalry, constantly roamed the left and right front and rear directions of the main force, acting as the peripheral patrol and vigilance force of the troops.

There are also a large number of scouts, which are more widely dispersed.

As the army approached Nanchang little by little, Gu Shizhong also began to plan how to conquer the city after arriving at the city of Nanchang.

Although his fourth mixed regiment has been strengthened and has many artillery, after all, the strength is not too sufficient, and if you want to attack Nanchang City, it will be difficult to make up even a full assault battalion, and I am afraid that some heavy armored spearmen will have to be transferred to join the assault battalion to attack the storm.

And because of the tight time, it is impossible for him to build any large-scale siege equipment, at most he can build some ladders on the spot, and the siege mainly has to rely on his own strong artillery strength.

Fortunately, there are twelve heavy howitzers on hand, otherwise, it is almost impossible to capture Nanchang in a short time.

With these twelve heavy howitzers, it was possible to conquer Nanchang, and the power of heavy howitzers has been fully reflected in the battle of Luling City, Ji'an.

I dare not say whether it is good or not in other aspects, but it is definitely easy to use for siege!

If a single shot hits the head of the city, the huge explosion power is enough to cause heavy casualties to the Ming army on the head of the city that is within the explosion range.

When the enemy's strength at the head of the city is weakened, it is possible for the hoplites to attack the city, otherwise the hoplites will be a live target when they rush up.

"Tell me to go down, rest on the spot for an hour, let the soldiers have a good rest, and then feed the horses!" Gu Shizhong looked at the sky, and immediately said this to the heralds beside him!

It is already noon, and the troops have been marching for five hours continuously, although it is said that the soldiers of the Tang Army have far more physical fitness than ordinary people because of their good food, but walking continuously for so long is also a great drain on physical fitness.

Moreover, today's march is still long, and according to the predetermined plan, the 4th Mixed Regiment will need to walk for another four hours in the afternoon, so that they can reach about five kilometers away from Nanchang.

After resting for one night, I will be able to quickly rush to Nanchang tomorrow and prepare directly for the siege!

After Gu Shizhong's order was issued, the troops began to stop and continue to advance, and instead of burying the pot to make rice, the soldiers directly ate the rice that was already half cold and ate it directly with simple dishes and a few slices of meat.

This lunch was cooked in advance by the men in the morning, and then directly put it in a large wooden barrel and carried it directly with the army, and it was directly distributed at lunchtime.

This is naturally to save time at noon!

Normally, when the Datang Army is on the march, it will only bury the pot in the morning and evening, and at noon it will generally eat the meals prepared in advance in the morning, although the taste is not as good as freshly cooked, but it will not waste too much time.

After all, when you rest at noon, you are not in a state of camping, but a rest on the spot, and the stay time is at most an hour, and there is not enough time and environment for the guys to stir-fry and cook.

On the Ming army's side, there is no such trouble, because they don't eat lunch!

Of course, in an emergency, the soldiers of the Tang Army will also eat dry food directly, these dry foods are mainly dry rice and fried noodles, which are generally prepared in advance before the pull-out, and then let the soldiers carry them with them, these dry foods can be kept for a long time, and they are not easy to deteriorate, but they are eaten in the case of a shortage of food in the army, or in the case of an emergency, which can be regarded as the last life-saving food for the soldiers, so in ordinary times, it is not allowed to open the package to eat.

And if you save these dry foods, you can eat them for three days!

Of course, these three days are based on the food standard of the Tang Army, and if it is calculated according to the food standard of the Ming Army, you can eat for at least five days!

When the fourth mixed group stopped for lunch, on a small low hill in the distance, a few Ming soldiers were lying on the ground directly, looking at the Tang Army in front.

Listen to one of them: "Why do they start eating now, it's only noon, eat now, and wait until the afternoon when they're not hungry?" ”

"What do you know, the Tang thief eats three meals a day, which is different from us!" Immediately, another person lowered his voice and said, "Damn, I'm hungry!" ”

"These thieves are really lucky, they can eat three meals a day!"

"Not really, but we've calculated it, two meals a day, but it's all dry food, and those guards only eat one dry meal a day!"

At this time, a general banner of the Ming army who seemed to be the leader said: "Don't talk nonsense, let's leave now!" ”

"Leaving now?"

"Nonsense, I don't want to leave, is it possible that you still want to wait here for death, the cavalry of the thief army is coming soon, we have to go back first and report the news to the top!" After the leading Ming army said this, he led these Ming soldiers down the hillside, and then walked secretly for a while before he saw their horses in a small forest.

However, just when they wanted to walk over and get on their horses and leave, suddenly there were several hissing sounds in the woods, and several other Ming soldiers had not yet reacted, but the experienced leader of the Ming Army General Banner rolled directly on the spot.

At this moment, I saw a sharp arrow stuck in a tree trunk behind the place where he was standing, and its tail feathers were still shaking!

Look at the other people, one of them has been pierced through the chest by an arrow, and although the Ming soldier who fell to the ground did not die immediately, he let out a miserable scream.

"Enemy attack!" The leading Ming army commander immediately pulled out his waist knife, and then squatted and hid behind a big tree.

However, as soon as his voice fell, another Ming soldier was shot by an arrow, and now, there are only three people left in this Ming army reconnaissance cavalry team of only five people!

And it only takes a few seconds!

"Damn, the thief army is in the east, at least one platoon? Let's go immediately, rush out and ride away," the general banner of the Ming army shouted, but the other two Ming soldiers who were also hiding shook their heads in unison!

Because at this time, a few more arrows landed on the left and right sides of the trunk where they were hiding!

And obviously, the pseudo-Tang thief army on the opposite side must have seen their specific location, and this bow and arrow is aimed at it!

Rushing out at this time is no different from looking for death!

What to do? There was already a cold sweat on the head of the general flag of the Ming army!

If you rush out, you will be targeted, but if you don't rush out, when the pseudo-Tang thief army surrounds you, it will be over!

At the same time, just more than forty meters to the east, a second lieutenant of the cavalry of the Tang Army looked at the Ming army in front of him and couldn't hide, so he immediately waved his hand and said at the same time: "Sergeant Chen, you take two people around to the south and force them out!" ”

Then he said to a few archers with strong bows: "Look at it, they will shoot arrows as soon as they come out!" ”

This cavalry lieutenant is a cavalry platoon commander belonging to the Fourth Cavalry Corps, and when he patrolled with his subordinates, he happened to find horses hidden in this grove, and concluded on the spot that there must be a pseudo-Ming scout who sneaked in, first hunted and killed a Ming cavalry guarding the horses, and then came to guard the rabbit.

Sure enough, he waited for only more than ten minutes, and he saw five Ming cavalry coming towards this side, and immediately set up an ambush with bows and arrows.

These few cavalrymen who use bows and arrows can barely be regarded as archers, although it is said that it is not possible to shoot arrows on horses, but it is still possible to bend the bow and shoot arrows after dismounting.

Of course, there are only a few archers, and everyone else is armed with muskets!

The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, muskets and sabers are standard, but bows and arrows are not, generally only cavalry who has passed the archery level will carry additional bows and arrows!

Although the bow and arrow are weaker and troublesome to train, the rate of fire is complete, and the current arquebus is still very useful sometimes.

Soon there were a few gunshots from the west, and then you could see two Ming soldiers running out from behind the trunks of the trees that were originally hiding in a panic, and the few cavalry archers who had been waiting for a long time did not hesitate at all, and directly bent their bows and shot arrows, and instantly knocked these two people down!

It didn't take long for this group of trained cavalry to press back the two wounded Ming scouts, and along the way, they also brought back their horses.

The two injured Ming scouts were soon interrogated, and the results of the interrogation were presented to Gu Shizhong as soon as possible.

And after seeing the results of the interrogation, Gu Shizhong immediately frowned!

The captives confessed that they were not ordinary Ming army scout cavalry, but reconnaissance cavalry directly belonging to the supervising cavalry, and more importantly, their main cavalry force was less than five kilometers away from here.

Why did the puppet Governor cavalry appear here, and why didn't they pursue the main force of the Second Army?

At this time, Gu Shizhong didn't have time to think about this, he immediately ordered the troops to end their rest and recuperate in advance, and then start lining up to prepare for battle!

The enemy cavalry was only five kilometers away, and if the enemy pursued it quickly, it would not take long to catch up, and once the enemy cavalry rushed in front of them, the end would be absolutely disastrous.