And Wan Yuan Ji and Kong Zhen will divide the troops, although angry, but helpless, had to lead the army to hurry towards Luzhou, for fear of falling behind the Xingtian Army, losing Luzhou City, now he has also learned that the Xingtian Army did not attack Dingyuan County by the way, but has made a detour to Luzhou, which made Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong feel even more nervous, so after leaving the Tuanshan camp, Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong were anxious to urge the officers and troops under their command to rush towards Luzhou, and did not dare to do half a minute of rest on the road.

This time in the north of Luzhou, there was a strange scene, the Xingtian army and the official army two people, each taking different roads, almost in unison towards the direction of Luzhou, the two sides are only separated from each other less than a dozen miles, but the two armies did not attack each other, each other is completely fighting each other, rushing towards the direction of Luzhou, only the scouts of the two armies, the sentinel cavalry between the two armies from time to time will have some small-scale battles, but they have not attracted their main forces to stop and attack each other.

Tuanshan to Luzhou, in fact, is more than a hundred miles away, if it is under normal circumstances, the marching speed is fast, the road is relatively smooth, then the completion of this road is about a day, but the premise is that the road can not be blocked or obstructed by the river, and the water system of Nanzhili is numerous, although some rivers are built with bridges, but these bridges can not meet the needs of thousands of people and horses to cross the river, there are many times to detour or force to cross some rivers, so that the march becomes much harder.

Although the road has to constantly pass through some rivers, but this kind of rapid march for the Xingtian Army's subordinates, but it can be said to be commonplace, the Xingtian Army for so many years, Xiao Tianjian has always attached great importance to the quality of the generals, in the training will focus on the long-distance march has been specially trained, when the soldiers and generals will carry out high-intensity cross-country running training every day, and the infantry everyone has leggings, so the long-distance march, for the vast majority of the Xingtian Army, is nothing at all.

However, on the other hand, the officers and soldiers are far worse than the Xingtian Army, the purpose of the officers and soldiers to serve as soldiers is completely different from that of the Xingtian Army, the vast majority of officers and soldiers are just to eat mixed rice, there is no consciousness of desperate life at all, and it is completely dependent on the coercion and supervision of the generals, although Huang Degong's ability to lead the troops is still relatively strong, and he is also better for the soldiers under his command on weekdays, and his combat effectiveness is more than that of ordinary officers and soldiers, but they are not capable of training like the Xingtian Army, so the long-distance march is a severe test for the officers and soldiers every timeThe slightest carelessness on the part of the officers and troops and the rapid march of a long distance may cause great chaos, which can be said to be a common occurrence in the history of the officers and troops.

Therefore, like this time, the two armies marched more vigorously, and there is no need to compare which is stronger and weaker, after setting off from Tuanshan, the Xingtian army is the first to go, and in addition, because they have an engineer battalion with the army to open the road in front, although they carry a lot of baggage, but the speed of the march is still much higher than that of the official army, just one morning, the Xingtian army traveled more than 30 miles, not only bypassing Dingyuan County, but also crossing two small rivers, greatly exceeding the speed of the official army.

And because the official army set off late, and after leaving the Tuanshan camp, there was an internal dispute, and then the division of troops, all of which were delayed for a lot of time, and when the Xingtian army bypassed Dingyuan County, they had just begun to set off, so they fell behind at the beginning, and they were half a day's journey behind the Xingtian army.

Although the road taken by the officials and soldiers later was a shortcut to Luzhou, and Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong also did their best to urge the officers and soldiers under their command to hurry, hoping to return to Luzhou Mansion before the Xingtian army surrounded Luzhou, but in front of the Xingtian army, which had the ability to march superforcedly, the officers and soldiers were still destined to be a loser.

But what is not beautiful is that in the afternoon when their two armies set off, it rained again, making the road muddy, and when it got dark, the officers and soldiers finally could not support it, one by one the officers and soldiers were wet, one by one like mud men have stopped at a place still thirty miles away from the Luzhou Mansion, one by one the officers and soldiers complained, and some even shouted that if they were allowed to run towards the Luzhou Mansion so desperately, they would rather mutini immediately than do it again!

So Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong had no choice but to order to stop advancing, although they knew that if they hurried overnight, they would probably rush back to the city of Luzhou Mansion in the second half of the night to block the Xingtian Army, but in the end, because they were worried that their soldiers and horses would be scattered on the road, they finally chose to order to rest on the spot, and then rush back to Luzhou Mansion after dawn.

Although Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong were forced to order to stop marching, but at the end of this day, more than 30,000 officers and troops under their command were dragged into a straggler, and the entire army stretched out for more than 20 miles on the road to Luzhou, and the baggage of inconvenient mobility was dragged to the back of the team.

After receiving the order to stop the march, many officers and soldiers simply sat down in the mud, one by one sitting in the rain panting, and even many soldiers ran here, and even the auxiliary soldiers who accompanied the team could not be found, and most of the officers and soldiers were carried by the auxiliary soldiers, and a large number of auxiliary soldiers fell behind at this time, so that the elite of the officers and soldiers became bare-chested soldiers at this time.

Looking at the soldiers and horses under the command of the people who were about to be dragged down, Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong could be said to be worried in their hearts, and Huang Degong even rode back along the way, urging the soldiers and horses to gather and set up camp, but the officers and soldiers who had not undergone rigorous training were basically exhausted after such a high-intensity march all day, and the tired officers and soldiers did not want to move any more, and finally could only camp on the spot in batches, as a result, the 30,000 troops were scattered into several groups, and they chose a place near the official road to set up a simple camp. After many officers and soldiers set up camp, they didn't even have tents, they could only find some woods to sit under the trees to shelter from the rain, and many officers and soldiers stopped and fell asleep together, and they didn't even have the heart to eat.

However, their hope was completely disappointed, that is, in such a short period of midnight, it led to the final destruction of Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong's department, this rapid march competition, in fact, the fight is the will of the generals on both sides, in front of the Xingtian Army, an army trained by modern military training methods, the officers and soldiers have no chance of winning at all.

And when the official army began to stop marching in the dark, the Xingtian army had surpassed the past from the left flank of the official army, but they did not all surpass the front of the official army, but in the march, they always maintained a complete structure, and did not gather together, although this day's rapid march, the soldiers of the Xingtian army were also tired enough, and they were also embarrassed by this sudden rain, many people on the road deep and shallow foot, accidentally slipped and fell in the mud, Many people rolled like mud monkeys, but such a march did not drag them down, on the contrary, under the instigation of the officers, the Xingtian army members who were deflated at the foot of the regimental mountain held their breath one by one to save face, so although it was hard, the morale of the Xingtian army was not low.

Before dark, Xiao Tianjian learned from the scouts that the official army had stopped marching, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to prop up a large piece of oilcloth on the road, gathered the generals under his command, and unfolded a cowhide map under this oilcloth, and Lin Luo and his subordinate scouts immediately marked the distribution of the officers and troops along the way and the situation of Chen stationed on the map, so that Xiao Tianjian and his subordinates basically understood the dynamics of the official army.

"Huh! Sure enough, although Huang Degong led the troops to have a hand, it was limited to the big defensive battle! Once dragged away, even he can't control so many soldiers and horses under his command, and compared to our foot strength, they seem too tender! Hum!

It's a good thing, they've only been dragged into a plate of loose sand after a day, and it's time for us to clean them up! What do you think? Do you guys still have the strength? ”

After listening to Lin Luo's report, Xiao Tianjian asked the generals under the canopy.

Although the generals also looked a little tired and even embarrassed at this time, they were still full of spirits, they knew very well what Xiao Tianjian was doing for letting them march in such a hurry, it was true to fight Luzhou, but their main target was still Wan Yuan Ji and Huang Degong's troops, especially Luo Li, who had a big suffocation in Tuanshan, and had been holding his breath these days, after listening to Xiao Tianjian's question, Luo Li immediately shouted: "Don't worry, Dashuai, what a long way has you come!" Not to mention that it was less than 100 miles on this day, even if I asked my brothers to walk 200 miles a day, it would be fine! Rest assured! We're in good spirits! ”

All the generals smiled and replied that there was no problem, this road was nothing to them, of course, everyone also knew that Luo Li's words were bragging, at this time, the general marching speed of the official army infantry in a day is forty or fifty miles, and if the cavalry marches in a hurry, it can catch up with a hundred miles or so, and if it is replaced by a Tartar, it is much stronger than the official army, if it is not for rain or obstacles, the infantry can travel eighty to one hundred miles a day, and the cavalry will be more.

But for the Xingtian Army, which emphasizes the speed of marching, if it is not a rainy day, the speed of a normal rapid march can at least ensure that it can walk more than 100 miles a day, and they have created a record of 150 miles of forced infantry in a day, of course, the weight is fundamentally such a speed, as for running 200 miles a day, unless they take nothing, naked and want to run to death, it is estimated that it is difficult to force a distance of 200 miles, so Luo Li's words have a great element of bragging.

After Xiao Tianjian saw the generals' expression, he was relieved, and immediately began to make arrangements for the generals on this cowhide map, and when he ordered, the generals immediately stood up and shouted loudly, and then without saying a word, they all came out of the canopy, returned to the rain and turned over their horses, and each beat his horse and rushed towards his own troops with the guards.