As soon as Song Zhiwen sent out the 3,000 troops mobilized from all over the city, the Datang spies who were ambushed in Fucheng were already running all the way towards Zhengtai County, and they wanted to pass the news to the Datang New Army in time, so that the bigwigs above could make corresponding decisions.

Carrying a lot of baggage, but also guarding against enemy ambushes, and the need to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers at all times to face the encounter, too fast marching will cause the soldiers to run out of physical strength, in this case, if there is an ambush or encounter, it is fatal for a cold-armed army that relies on the physical strength of the soldiers.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the march speed of a large-scale army is very slow, and the distance taken in a day is only twenty or thirty miles, even if it is a light and rapid march, the road taken in a day is only forty or fifty miles, and if it is more, it is not possible to walk, but the risk is too great.

Therefore, the march of the army cannot be measured simply by the speed of human trekking, the normal walking speed of human beings can walk twenty miles in an hour, and many large armies walk such a little in a day.

The army moves slowly, which also gives the spies of the Datang New Army plenty of time to deliver the news, these spies don't have to worry about physical strength, and they don't have to worry about being ambushed and the like, they only have to do the same thing, that is, to pass the news back in the shortest possible time, so they are quite fast, and they even have horses.

The spies continued to run wildly, so that Li Xuan got the Ming army of Fucheng that night and officially left the city!

"Judging from their direction, they are coming towards the Lanjiang Ferry, and they must want to cross the river from here, and according to their formation, it is expected that the vanguard of the Ming Army will arrive at the Lanjiang Ferry tomorrow evening, and the large-scale crossing of the river should be the day after tomorrow!" Zeng Ziwen said: "There is not much time left for us, we will continue to speed up early tomorrow morning, strive to arrive at noon, and make an ambush before they arrive at the Lanjiang ferry, and fight a half-crossing!" ”

When Zeng Ziwen said this, Fang Dongquan said: "Our army has been marching for two consecutive days, and the physical strength of the soldiers has been consumed, at this time we are still almost twenty miles away from the Lanjiang ferry, and we will arrive within half a day tomorrow, I am afraid that the physical strength of the soldiers will be too great!" ”

Butcher Chen also nodded and said: "Yes, if you go too fast, you won't have the strength to fight at that time, you won't have the strength, you can't walk a few steps in a heavy armor!" ”

Among so many types of troops in the Datang New Army, the sword and shield soldiers under the command of Butcher Chen have the greatest physical requirements, these sword and shield soldiers need to carry dozens of pounds of shields and armor when fighting, and the physical requirements for the soldiers are quite high.

However, Wang Danxu said: "If you are worried about the speed of the march too fast, we can set off two hours in the morning, maintain a good rhythm on the road, the physical strength of the soldiers is still controllable, and we can rest for half a day after arriving, even if the puppet Ming army wants to cross the river directly in the evening!" We can also have a fight! ”

Li Xuan also spoke at this time: "This battle is related to the subsequent survival of my Tang Dynasty, and the puppet Ming thief army must be stopped outside the Lanjiang River, and this Lanjiang ferry must be seized!" ”

As soon as Li Xuan opened his mouth, he set the tone for this matter, no matter what, he must dare to arrive and seize the Lanjiang ferry before the Ming army crosses the river, this is not to ambush the Ming army, but to stop the Ming army outside the Lanjiang River.

Because according to the current position and speed of the Ming army, they will definitely be able to reach the edge of the Lanjiang River tomorrow afternoon, and it is unknown whether they will risk crossing the river directly in the evening or whether they will cross the river the next morning.

But even if the main force of the Ming army did not cross the river in the evening, they would definitely send some of the forwards to cross the river first.

After all, the generals of the Ming army can't be fooled on the spot, Li Xuan and they can think of attacking halfway, and people will definitely consider the danger of crossing the river.

And what Li Xuan and they have to do tomorrow afternoon is to kill the advance of the Ming army, or force them back, so that they cannot smoothly seize the Lanjiang crossing, so as to cover the crossing of the Ming army.

After Li Xuan set the tone, the follow-up discussion was simple, mainly to discuss some specific action plans, especially what to do after arriving at the Lanjiang ferry.

And Li Xuan didn't participate too much in this, but listened to them!

When these people were discussing, Zeng Ziwen's role was getting bigger and bigger, although this person's actual ability to lead troops to fight was not good, he used to be Chen Butcher on the battlefield, and Fang Dongquan was defeated by their men, but I have to say that people's theoretical skills are still good.

He is very good at arranging marches and camps, and he is also the first to talk about all kinds of schemes.

However, Li Xuan also knew that Zeng Ziwen was only limited to words, and if he really let him lead the troops according to his plan, the end would be very tragic.

This is also the reason why Li Xuan did not send Zeng Ziwen into the army to lead the troops, but continued to let people serve as the combat commander.

As a superior, the most important thing to do is to put the right person in the right position, Zeng Ziwen is good at talking on paper, you have to let him lead the army, this is harmful to others and yourself.

After everyone agreed on tomorrow's plan of action, they dispersed, and Li Xuan also entered the tent early to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day before the sky was bright, many people in the Datang New Army had already gotten up, and the men in each unit had to take advantage of the night to cook, so that they could let the soldiers who woke up eat breakfast as soon as the day dawned, and start marching after breakfast.

Li Xuan didn't get up too late, and after getting up, he took a group of officers to inspect the barracks, and only after confirming that there were no accidents did he return to his tent, and then started to have breakfast.

It didn't take long for the sky to be completely bright, and at the same time, more than 1,000 people of the new army of the Tang Dynasty also embarked on a new day's journey, they had to arrive at the Lanjiang ferry before the Ming army, if the Ming army's vanguard had seized the Lanjiang ferry, then it was necessary to defeat the Ming army's vanguard and recapture the Lanjiang ferry.

The sun was gradually rising, and the armies of the only two dynasties within a radius of hundreds of miles were also gradually approaching, and in the morning, a group of generals of the Ming army gathered together to talk, and it was not long before the Ming army was divided into an army of about five hundred people, who carried nothing but weapons and armor.

They broke away from the main line of the Ming army under the leadership of a thousand households, and accelerated their speed towards the Lanjiang crossing.

If you look down from the sky, the two armies of Datang and Daming are almost in a straight line towards each other, and their meeting point is the Lanjiang Ferry! 8)