Although Ji Xiancheng was not a member of the original scout team, he and Chang Zhi held a military position in the Chinese army in the early days.

He has a strong sense of the overall situation on the battlefield, and after seizing the breakthrough point, he will attack with all his might, even if his own casualties are large. In terms of command ability, Ji Xiancheng is in the forefront of the generals left behind, similar to Zhao Shi, Mu Chun, Mingxiong, etc., and Ji Xiancheng has high loyalty to Zhilong, little selfishness in doing things, usually cherishes soldiers, has prestige, and has good popularity.

In contrast, Chang Zhi, Qian Zheng and others are inevitably a little tactful, they are unwilling to fight hard battles, and often consider ways to save trouble and have fewer casualties. This may be a good thing in terms of a local battlefield, but it is easy to hesitate and miss a fighter plane in the overall situation.

Hou Ying, Huang Er, Luo Cheng and others are still difficult to convince the public, and their people are brave and brave, but they are either less resourceful, or lack the city government, or take refuge in them, if they are the lord, it is too early to say; Sun Xing is too young, Wu Side and Ma Rulong need to go south again, and they have no time to separate.

Mu Chun and Mingxiong were both attached in the later period, although they had brave strategies, but the time was still short, it was still possible to lead an army, and it was still too early to lead the whole army. Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi agreed, and finally determined Ji Xiancheng as the main general of the Jing'an Army.

The generals heard that the left-behind lord would be Ji Xiancheng's gain, or envy or jealousy, or his face was unwavering, and his reactions were different.

Yu Zhilong looked at the expressions on the faces of the generals one by one, glanced at Zhao Shi and said: "The general order has been issued, you must remember your duties, all the generals left behind need to respect General Ji's military orders, if there is a delay and disobedience, the military law will be engaged!" It's the rod that kills General Yuki! ”

As soon as these words came out, the remaining generals were all shocked, and they no longer dared to slack off, and bowed down in unison and said: "The general's order, the last general will not dare to disobey it!" Ordered! ”

The order has been given, the generals dispersed, Yu Zhilong specially left Ji Xiancheng and Ming Shijie, and then explained in detail the main countermeasures that may arise, especially how to operate the secret hand left this time.

About half an hour later, Qian Zheng and other battalions successively sounded the urging of various officers to assemble, and the non-commissioned officers of each team lined up with weapons in their hands, and left the camp silently under the attention of Ma Rulong, Qian Zheng and others. Soon, hundreds of cavalry members also came out of the camp, and Wu Side walked in front with his helmet and armor.

The camp of the Jing'an army was stationed on the west side of the county, the Chinese army was stationed in the south of the city, and the north of the city was the garrison of Liu, Qin, Wan, and Xiahou. After the Jing'an army rode out of the camp, the gongs and drums were not announced, the horns were not blown, and they quietly went away with the city on their backs, first to the northwest for more than ten miles, and then to the south. It was the time of the afternoon break, and there were camps blocking the view, and the other camps did not notice that a large number of Jing'an troops had left the camp.

Twenty miles south of the city, the baggage detachment of the noble department was already waiting here, and when he saw Yu Zhilong leading the army, Gao Shang hurriedly came over to ask for instructions.

"General, according to the order, he has prepared six days' rations and forage for men and horses, and has also prepared a large number of cloth bags for the mountain road, and these grains and grass will be stored in bags at that time, and the soldiers can carry the weight by themselves."

Yu Zhilong nodded when he heard this, in order to save his physical strength, in addition to the cavalry carrying weapons and armor, the foot soldiers only carried weapons. It is difficult to go to the mountain road, and no vehicles can pass at all, so you can only take the ant moving method to carry the weight with you.

"That's very good, thank you." Yu Zhilong only finalized the plan for going south with Liu Zhengfeng and Zhao Shi in the morning, and immediately notified Gao Shang after returning, and asked to carry out the training in the name of preparing for training outside the camp, but only mobilized a team of soldiers of the baggage battalion.

The noble and swarthy face has become darker in the past month, and his body has become thinner than before, and the eating and drinking of thousands of people and horses have completely fallen on him and Tong Kui, which is not light, Yu Zhilong also specially transferred three guys who can read and count to him as helpers. Fortunately, Gao Shang used to be a merchant who walked through the villages and alleys when he was in the countryside, and he had some means of settling accounts, which supported the food of the Jing'an Army.

Soon, Yu Shichang led 400 cavalry to converge, and after seeing Yu Zhilong, he immediately joined the sequence of going south.

Zhao Shi ordered these baggage personnel to drive the vehicle together, and Gao Shang took a few close followers to say goodbye to Yu Zhilong and returned to Linqu County first, the affairs of the baggage camp still need him to take the lead in management, Yu Zhilong didn't want outsiders to find out about the abnormality so quickly.

The scouts of the front team went south early to investigate, and if they found any scouts of the Yuan army going north, they would call the police in advance. According to these days' exploration, the Yuan army's exploration horses on the south road are generally about 20 miles north, and the Yuan army's camp is about 120 miles away from the south of Linqu, at a fork called Shenjiaya.

Shenjiaya to the west, has been a mountain road, winding to Laiwu, Tai'an, to the south to Yishui, Juxian, here is a radius of thousands of miles of mountains and hills, especially the north-south direction of the mountains and valleys, the mountains are rugged, the road is difficult to travel.

Because it is a fork in the road, the terrain is dangerous, and the Yishui Han army guards it accordingly, which is just conducive to blocking the road of the Shuntian army to the south.

The whole army of the Jing'an army marched silently for about 40 miles south, and had completely entered the mountainous area, the road became rugged, and then to the south was the area where the Yuan army scouts frequently patrolled.

Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi rode their horses to the front, and after arriving at a mountainside, they ordered the whole army to pause and rest, and the people and horses drank water and ate, and there was water flowing in the mountain stream here, and it was not difficult to get water, but all the meals were dry food and dried meat, and it was strictly forbidden to make fires and make noise, so as not to be found abnormal by the scouts of the Yuan army who might go north to explore.

Yu Zhilong dismounted and stretched his legs and feet, which were already a little paralyzed, because he was riding forward, his speed was not fast, and after walking for more than forty miles, the sky was completely dark. Torches were lit at every few points in the middle of the procession, barely illuminating the mountain path.

"Brother Shi, this is the path you have taken to the mountain, right?" Yu Zhilong asked, pointing to a col on his right hand.

"Exactly! Before joining the army, I had partnered with others to sell illicit salt on the shore of the Yellow Sea, and it was this trail that I walked at that time, although six or seven years have passed, I still vaguely remember the general path and direction, and Ma Yan followed this mountain road all the way around the back of the Yuan army camp to explore. ”

"I didn't expect Ma Yan to go to investigate last time, and I met a few old people on the way, and I knew the news of some like-minded people in the south, as for the matter of Qingfeng Village, it is not clear, but it is said that there are thousands of people, although there are exaggerations, it will not be less than a thousand people, if you can help me, it is a big arm!"

Zhao Shi continued: "From here, go south along the official road for about 50 miles, and it will be the camp of the Yuan army, and if you go around the mountain road, you need to travel at least 40 miles. Most of them are trails, and some sections are very difficult to walk. But fortunately, it was hidden, and Ma Yanbao never found the Yuan army scouts all the way when he walked. ”

"Since it is secretive, our army will shoot more torches, people will be ranked, horses will chew, and they will move forward silently." Yu Zhilong Road. "Order, distribute the grain and grass on the car to each soldier to carry, and the empty car will return to the camp by the baggage team on its own, and all our troops will enter the mountain before dawn!"

"No." Zhao Shi and Wu Side immediately took the order.

"It's getting dark now, why don't you rest here for the time being, and wait for the light to shine tomorrow?" Yu Shichang felt that the late-night march was too hasty, so he couldn't help but step forward and ask.

Yu Zhilong turned his head to look at Yu Shichang in the night, and by the light of the torch, Yu Shichang's face was vaguely recognizable. Being able to be ordered by Liu Zhengfeng to participate in this operation, Yu Shichang was naturally very happy, but the Jing'an Army mobilized significantly more cavalry than the Chinese army's cavalry, Yu Shichang's cavalry team has undoubtedly become an auxiliary army, and cannot be the main general, Yu Shichang is a little angry, but there is nothing to be done.

The cavalry of the Chinese army was not as prepared as Wu Side's department. A few days ago, when Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi were discussing a possible southward battle, they had already deduced it, and made some preparations for training and baggage, so when Liu Zhengfeng made up his mind to go south, the noble battalion had already prepared enough dry food and dried meat in advance, and the horseshoe, rope, torches, bows and arrows and other miscellaneous items equipped with the war horse were basically prepared.

Yu Zhilong didn't expect Yu Shichang's ministry to also participate, but fortunately, he had prepared more, which barely met the needs of the southbound army. However, the training intensity and mental preparation of the soldiers of the Shichang Department were not as good as those of the Jing'an Military Department, and the people of the Ministry felt that it was hard to travel 60 miles.

Yu Zhilong thought for a while and said: "The road into the mountain is cramped, many sections can only be passed by a single horse, the troops march slowly, and this place is close to the scout range of the Yuan army, and the risk of people and horses staying here is greater, so it is good to hide from the mountain while it is dark." If you are tired, you might as well rest on the spot first, wait for the Jing'an army's infantry to go first, and then follow behind? ”

This cavalry is the main force, and in the marching sequence, the cavalry is in front, the foot soldiers are behind, and Yu Shichang's department is closely behind Wu Side.

Yu Shichang is unwilling to admit that his subordinates are inferior to others, if he is ranked last, wouldn't he admit that he is inferior? "Our troops are tired, but we can still move forward, and march according to the current order!"

After speaking, Yu Shichang threw up his horse and galloped towards his own department, he thought about going back to cheer up his soldiers, and he had to stick to it no matter what. These days, Yu Shichang is also holding his breath to train his soldiers, the last war was mostly brilliant in the Jing'an army, although he fought well, but under the victory of the Jing'an army, it is not worth mentioning.

A few days ago, I talked to my sister about this flying general, and no matter how I looked at it, I felt that my sister seemed to have affection for him, but I didn't think he should deal with it. If you want toads to eat swan meat, wait!

Yu Shichang knocked lightly on the horse's belly and ran back to the headquarters with a few guards.

Each of the horsemen tied their sacks and baggage tightly to their horses, and under the guidance of the scouts, they turned into a small path in the mountains. Each of these packages was one, and generals such as Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi were no exception. This time, the cavalry totaled 800 people, plus nearly 2,000 foot soldiers of Ma Rulong and Qian Zheng.

The whole army meandered around until dawn, and had entered the deep mountains, where they camped in hiding. This road is all based on the scout Ma Yan along the road signs.