Zhang Xianzhong's army retreated at the touch of a button, and fled to the north as fast as possible. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Zhi led Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang, brought heavy grain and grass, and also chased them to the north. After chasing for a day, Li Zhi found that Zhang Xianzhong's escape speed was really fast, and he walked at least eighty miles a day. In an age when foot soldiers rely on two legs, such speed is already shocking.

Li Zhi's army walked for a day without stopping, and only walked more than sixty miles. The Tiger Master often practiced in the field, and the maximum marching speed of the practice was 60 miles a day. At such a pace, the friendly forces could no longer keep up. Cao Wenzhao's 4,000 cavalry was fine, and Long Wenguang's 8,000 Sichuan soldiers had fallen behind. Long Wenguang walked fifty miles with all his might, and fell behind Li Zhi.

However, Li Zhi estimated that Zhang Xianzhong's rapid march at such a speed would not last for a few days. Thieves are also human beings, and it's okay to walk day and night for a day, but if you come like this, you won't be able to stand it for three or four days. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong's army carried very little military rations, and the supplies were all based on looting. When you travel 80 miles a day, you don't have time to attack the prefectures and counties and plunder, and you will soon run out of food and grass. No matter how you look at Zhang Xianzhong's marching speed, it won't last long.

Li Zhi's troops often train in the field, and the state of walking 60 miles can be maintained for a long time. Li Zhi had full confidence to catch up with Zhang Xianzhong, and decided to bite Zhang Xianzhong behind him, and when Zhang Xianzhong's thieves were exhausted, they rushed up to annihilate him.

After Zhang Xianzhong fled for thirty miles to the north, he turned around and fled to the northeast, as if he wanted to leave Sichuan and return to Huguang. The frontmost state and county to the northeast is Yongchuan County. Li Zhi asked Cao Bianjiao's 4,000 cavalry to march 100 miles on horseback, crossing Zhang Xianzhong's thieves and entering Yongchuan County, preventing Zhang Xianzhong from taking advantage of the chaos to attack Yongchuan County and plunder.

Sure enough, after Zhang Xianzhong marched for two days to Yongchuan County, he tried to attack the city. Zhang Xianzhong was very cunning when he attacked the city in the past, and all kinds of internal responses and various tricks emerged one after another. Local states and counties lacking soldiers and major generals often do not last a day and are about to be captured. But this time in Yongchuan County, Cao Bianjiao's 4,000 cavalry was very tightly guarded. Zhang Xianzhong marched to the city of Yongchuan County, and saw that the Cao character banner on the city was dense, so he gave up the siege and fled around the city to the northeast.

Li Zhi chased after him for a day, and rushed to the city of Yongchuan the next day. Knowing that Cao Bianjiao forced Zhang Xianzhong away, Li Zhi happily praised Cao Bianjiao a few words, which made Cao Bianjiao very excited.

Cao Bianjiao had twelve points of confidence in Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, and knew that Li Zhi would defeat Zhang Xianzhong sooner or later. If Li Zhi thinks that he has merit, he will give himself more heads at that time.

Cao Bianjiao laughed, became more respectful in front of Li Zhi, and put on a full posture of being a subordinate official.

Li Zhi asked Cao Bianjiao to continue to the northeast and settle in Bishan County in the northeast to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from attacking the county seat. In the northeast, in addition to Bishan County and Tongliang County, Li Zhi asked the cavalry of the 2,000 Xuanfeng Regiment under his command to bypass Zhang Xianzhong and settle in Tongliang County. Li Zhi defended these cities, leaving Zhang Xianzhong to march in the wilderness and have nowhere to plunder.

Sure enough, after Zhang Xianzhong ran wildly for three days, the marching speed slowed down. When he attacked the territory of Tongliang County, he heard that the scout reported that the Xuanfeng Regiment had been stationed, so he had no choice but to turn around and attack Dazu County in the northwest. At this time, this army of thieves could no longer go to the limit speed of eighty miles a day, and only walked sixty miles a day.

Cao Bianjiao guarded Bishan, Xuanfeng Regiment guarded Tongliang, and Li Zhi no longer had any extra soldiers and horses to guard Dazu. Li Zhi was worried, worried that Zhang Xianzhong would quickly capture Dazu County, but in Yongchuan County, he encountered the "president" of the official army who came from Huguang as fierce as a tiger.

Yang Sichang is named Pingkou Supervisor, commanding more than 100,000 troops and more than a dozen soldiers under his command. But with Zhang Xianzhong's resurrection from death, as the Son of Heaven Zhu Youzhen became more and more distrustful of Yang Sichang, there were fewer and fewer people who obeyed Yang Sichang's dispatch. The chief soldier of the Jizhen Central Association is as fierce as a tiger, and he is one of the few general soldiers who still obeys Yang Sichang's orders. Yang Sichang appointed Meng Ruhu as the "president" and transferred some soldiers and horses from the officers and soldiers of various ministries to the command of Meng Ruhu, so there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under the tent of Meng Ruhu.

Li Zhi's soldiers and horses hurried to chase Zhang Xianzhong in the northeast of Yongchuan County, and encountered a fierce tiger who was slowly marching.

Although Meng Ruhu is the "president", this "president" is an "official" appointed by Yang Sichang, not an official title. His official title is the governor of the capital, but Li Zhi is the crown prince and the prince, and his official position is as big as a tiger. As fierce as a tiger, he gave an official salute and led the generals in the tent to visit Li Zhi in Li Zhi's camp.

Walking into Li Zhi's barracks, those elite Tiger Division soldiers surprised the fierce tiger generals and other generals.

Not to mention the fine armor on the baggage carts of the Tiger Ben Division, the exquisite winter clothes on the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division, and the cannons and artillery vehicles arranged between the camp tents, there is no second Ming army in the world with such sophisticated equipment. What surprised these generals the most was the murderous aura of the Tiger Commander:

The soldiers of the Tiger Division looked quite tired one by one, and had obviously gone through several days of rapid marching. But even in this state, the soldiers in the barracks are still not chaotic at all. The tent was quiet, and no one made a loud noise. The soldiers stood in their respective camps, sitting quietly with a relaxed demeanor, carrying firearms on their shoulders.

The soldier's eyes were resolute and indifferent, as if life and death had been put aside. On these soldiers, fierce as a tiger and others saw a kind of murderous aura that was devastating. This kind of murderous aura can only be found in soldiers who have experienced hard training and bloody battles. And here in Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, this murderous aura permeated the entire military camp.

Only such soldiers and horses can beat Dongnu.

Walking all the way through Li Zhi's military tent, being watched by Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, the generals under the command of the fierce tiger had a feeling of not daring to speak loudly.

Li Zhi met a dozen people in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Fierce as a tiger wearing armor, he led the generals into the big tent of the Chinese army, and was stunned when he saw Li Zhi -- this prince Taibao Li Zhi, who shook the world and broke the Dongnu, turned out to be a young man of twenty-four or five years old.

has been fighting horses for decades, and he is just a governor. This Li Zhi is so young, he is already the crown prince...

However, the fierce tiger quickly reacted, and led the generals under his command to bow their hands to Li Zhi, singing: "I have seen Lord Taibao!" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Sit down, everyone! ”

Meng Ruhu led the generals to sit down and said, "Meng Mou saw that the soldiers and horses under the command of the Taibao were in the dust, and it seemed that they were coming all the way? Is the Taipo chasing the thief? ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Exactly!" ”

Fierce as a tiger raised his hand in the direction of Xiangyang, and said: "However, the superintendent has already informed all the armies not to pursue the Xian army in this severe cold time. Why is the CPIC still so eager to pursue the enemy? ”

Li Zhi said: "This official received the holy decree to enter Sichuan to suppress thieves, and he did not dare to slack off. Even if the cold is very cold, you can't let go of the sacrifice thief. After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "Our department repelled the thieves outside Luzhou City, and we have already learned about the combat power of the thieves. Although the thieves are good at escaping, our field marches are not weak. It is expected that in less than a month, our department will be able to take down the sacrifice thief. ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the generals under the command of the fierce tiger were shocked, and they each made a small calculation. (To be continued.) )