Chapter 25: The Pursuit

In Luo Dai, he didn't have to wait for Zhang Xuan's order to start pursuing.

This sand river is actually not a spacious river.

This year has been a warm winter.

The sand river, which is not very spacious, is mixed with ice water, and a thin layer of ice spreads out near the river. However, most of the rivers do not freeze in winter, and even the sand river, a tributary of the Ru River, does not seem to freeze.

It's just that the sand river that doesn't freeze is more terrifying than the frozen river.

The water temperature was around zero degrees, and when Liu Hong got up and left, he didn't forget to pull all the boats on the river away.

Only strength.

Luo Dai was the first to take off all his clothes, naked, standing in the cold wind of the moon, putting his clothes on top of his head, putting his weapons on horseback, and said loudly: "It's a man, follow me." ”

He drove the horses and dragged them by the tails. The first one rushed into the river of sand.

The icy river water hurt more than a sword, Luo Dai was in pain at first, and only felt as if countless spikes had stabbed into his body, stabbing in from all directions.

Especially the thing under the crotch, almost all of them lost consciousness. You have to touch it to know it's still there.

Then he became numb again.

The numbness spread from the crotch to the rest of the body, and it seemed that the whole body was no longer his own.

I could only move my steps stiffly, hold the horse's tail tightly, and follow little by little.

After a while, a stream of heat spread from his body, and he felt a little better at this time.

It's just that the sand river is not too wide, and it is not very deep, and the deepest part is just between the neck. It didn't take long for Luo Dai to go ashore.

As soon as he got out of the water, a sudden cold welled up on his body, making him stomp his feet again and again, eager to put on his clothes immediately, but he knew that he couldn't put them on immediately at this moment, and he had to wait for the water on his body to dry up, otherwise he would get sick.

At this time, the soldiers of the horse team came ashore one by one from the sand river. Luo Dai immediately went to urge them to wait a while before getting dressed.

It took a while for Luo Dai's soldiers to get ready.

Luo Dai counted the number of people, and there were more than a dozen people missing. I think they all fell into the river or floated downstream.

If you look for it at the moment, you can probably find it. But Luo Dai didn't have that time.

After all, Liu Hongqi crossed the river by boat, and now he has walked a long way, and they didn't hurry up to chase him, and Liu Hongqi fled to the mountains, and all his previous efforts were wasted.

Luo Dai was silent for a while, and then said loudly: "Quick, quick." ”

Then he turned on his horse and headed west.

After Liu Hongqi got on the boat, he did not go to the north shore, but took a boat to the west.

This sand river originates from the mountains and leads directly to the Ru River.

A considerable part of the waterway is navigable, and when Liu Hongqi first sold salt, he didn't know how many times. It's familiar.

However, there were no boats to transport 20,000 troops on this small river, so he had to go along the river east for a while, and then cross the river at the ferry.

But now he has only a thousand men left, and these ferries are fully capable of transporting people.

They went up the river and westward.

After Luo Dai found this, he secretly said in his heart: "It's not good. ”

Four legs may not be able to catch up with those without legs, even if they are swimming against the current.

Such a change, don't say that Zhang Xuan didn't expect it, and Luo Dai didn't expect it either.

There is no other way.

There is only one word: "Chase." ”

More than 1,000 Luo Dai rode along the official road on the north bank and chased after him, and he didn't think about chasing along the river bank, but in that case, once Liu Hongqi found them, maybe he would get off the boat on the south bank, and Luo Dai would have nothing to do at that time.

Luo Dai only sent a few scouts to watch, and the team was desperate to go to Suiping County first.

Zhang Xuan was also taken aback when he got the news, he understood that he didn't want to look at Liu Hongqi with only more than a thousand soldiers left, but these people were Liu Hongqi's elite. As long as these people are there, Liu Hongqi will be able to rise from the mountain. If he insisted on embarrassing Zhang Xuan in the mountains, Zhang Xuan didn't know that he would have to work hard to pacify this area and take over the Liu family's salt industry, iron industry, and so on.

"General Shen." Zhang Xuan said: "Wait for your headquarters to take care of the prisoners here, I have ordered the Nanyang battalion to rush over immediately, you can only take care of it for one night." ”

"Yes." Shen Wandeng said.

It seems that after Zhang Xuan asked Shen Wandeng to protect him, Shen Wandeng's psychology towards Zhang Xuan seems to have undergone subtle changes.

There is a bit of an attitude that has been transformed from a guest to a subordinate.

Zhang Xuan also understood a little, but now the matter is urgent, so Zhang Xuan has no time to deal with this matter, so he can only let it go first.

Zhang Xuan was also not worried about Shen Wandeng, and also handed over the same thing to Wang Dacang, thinking that with the assistance of Wang Dacang's baggage team, it should be possible to take care of more than 10,000 prisoners.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan left all the wounded of the whole army behind, and after integrating it, about 2,000 people marched west on foot along the south of the Shahe River.

Zhang Xuan knew that it was too late.

But always try.

Many things, even if there is little hope, but the slimest hope is also hope.

Zhang Xuan also knew that the physical strength of all the soldiers in the Linying camp was almost exhausted. From yesterday's half-day running for dozens of miles, from today's sun rising, there will be a fierce battle.

Although he has always had the upper hand, he suppressed the opponent to fight. But it takes strength to cut someone.

Zhang Xuan frowned, and suddenly got off the horse. Took a dry ration, a water bladder, said nothing, and ran to the front.

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As soon as Xuan moved, Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers naturally followed.

Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers all moved, and Deng He shouted loudly: "Look at the general, they all march with us, and everyone runs." ”

"Yes." Morale was boosted suddenly.

One by one, they drank water and ate dry food while running.

Thousands of people headed west along the Sand River.

"General," Zhang Yuanhai said, "you once taught me to maintain physical strength in the army at all times. Now that we are catching up, everyone is physically exhausted. What if the thief fights back? ”

Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment.

Zhang Yuanhai's worries, how could Zhang Xuan not understand.

But Zhang Xuan was worried that once the tiger returned to the mountain, he was afraid that Liu Hongqi would keep harassing him in the Runing area.

Zhang Xuan didn't know how long he could stay in Runing. One year and two years, but no more than three years.

He didn't have time to devote his energy to playing hide and seek with Liu Hongqi.

Even the risk is worth it.

"Yuan Hai, the art of war has always changed with the times, and it has changed with the enemy. Prudence is a necessary quality for a general, but if it is only cautious, it is not good, I only ask you, does Liu Hongqi dare to turn back and fight? Even if he dared, would his subordinates dare? Zhang Xuan said: "What is the Frightened Bow Bird?" He, Liu Hongqi, is now a bird with a frightened bow. ”

Zhang Yuanhai secretly admired it in his heart, silently wrote down Zhang Xuan's words and deeds in his heart, and went back to figure it out slowly.

Zhang Xuan stopped talking, trying to breathe steadily.

Even if he has been crawling around in the troubled times and his physical fitness has improved a lot, but in terms of tenacity, he is still inferior to these soldiers, don't look at them as thin as skin and bones. But gritting his teeth, he can run alive and die without being left behind.

Zhang Xuan couldn't do it.

Running all the way from noon to night, Zhang Xuan asked people to play this torch, all the way to the torch, like a dragon running to the west.

The more he ran, the more bottomless Zhang Xuan became.

Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to say a word, his legs were like lead. Look at the physical strength of the left and right, and the consumption is about the same.

This is a very dangerous time.

Zhang Xuan sighed, and was about to give the order to stop, when a scout immediately reported: "General, the enemy has disembarked on the north shore." ”

"What?" Zhang Xuan immediately turned over and got on his horse, stood on the saddle, and looked north with a clairvoyant mirror.

Sure enough, I saw a lot of torches moving north from above the river.

Zhang Xuan sighed in his heart, now the situation is no longer in his control, and said: "Rest on the spot, the order can't rest immediately, you have to walk for a while to rest, and rest in waves." ”

Zhang Xuan was also worried that going to the north shore was just a cover. So it had to be.

It's just that Zhang Xuan is obviously overthinking. Suddenly, the north shore shouted and killed. Zhang Xuan was overjoyed in his heart and said secretly: "It must be Luo Dai who caught up." ”

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