After the main things were prepared, Li Wenyuan handed over the rest of the complicated and trivial matters to Qiu Niang, and he set off for Wuwei County with the newly reorganized army.

The army set off from Jincheng with grain and grass materials, first along the south bank of the Yellow River to the west to the mouth of the river, crossed the Yellow River and then turned north, along the Zhuanglang River, according to the map given by Xue Ju, until the north to the Wusheling when the Zhuanglang River officially turned westward, at this time to leave the Zhuanglang River, along the valley between the Wusheling Mountains and continue to march north to Changsong County, where you can connect the ancient official road of the Han Dynasty, along the official road all the way to Wuwei County, this road down to save some time than the official road of the Great Sui, In addition, Li Wenyuan wanted to exercise the ability of the troops to march long distances, so he immediately chose this road that had been abandoned for a long time and no one had walked it.

In Li Wenyuan's memory, the northwest has always been a water-scarce landform of the Loess Plateau, and several dynasties have exhausted the land gas for the construction of their respective capitals for hundreds of years, and without the maintenance of the earth's veins by large forests, the Loess Plateau can only be eroded by wind and rain and no longer has life.

Of course, that was only a later situation, and now there is still a lot of business here, and the Hu people are far more worrying about the southward movement of the Hu people in this era than the southward movement of the Yellow Sand Storm.

At this time, Li Wenyuan and the others crossed the Yellow River and walked for a long time under the scorching sun, and around noon, Zhang Juntai said: "General, let the team rest and rest, and then set off when the sun is over." ”

Li Wenyuan also wiped the sweat on his head: "How long have we been gone?" ”

Zhang Juntai looked at the sky and said: "General, let's bury the pot to cook when the rooster crows, and soon after sunrise, we will set off from the camp, and now it is almost noon, and it is estimated that we have been walking for almost three hours." ”

Li Wenyuan looked around and saw that although the soldiers in the queue around him were sweating, they were still marching in an orderly manner, and there was no scattering, so he nodded and ordered to rest and have lunch.

After receiving the order, the soldiers found shade and rested on the spot, and the firehead soldiers who accompanied the army went to the Zhuanglang River not far away to fetch water and cook, and Li Wenyuan also tied the horse to a tree and helped the weak soldier down on the horse.

This little soldier is a Jiangnan soldier, was conscripted to Liaodong, he was a little thin, and he contracted an epidemic in Liaodong, although he was cured later, but his body has not yet been raised, this time not long after the ferry, he fainted to the ground, Li Wenyuan ordered someone to carry him to his horse, and he was leading the horse on foot.

That Jiangnan soldier had already woken up, and Li Wenyuan had people feed him a bowl of warm light salt water. During military training, Li Wenyuan repeatedly stressed that any water source should be boiled and drunk during the march, and if anyone drank unboiled water without authorization, he would have to eat 20 lashes.

This is also the first time to march such a long distance, and it can be regarded as a test of Zhang Juntai's achievements in military training this time. As a traverser, Li Wenyuan naturally had to have some basic knowledge of survival in the wild, so before setting off, he ordered the firehead soldiers to buy a lot of salt, which would be boiled together with light salt water and distributed to all the soldiers to drink.

The group of people waited to sit in the forest to rest, and a small soldier poured another bowl of light salt water for Li Wenyuan, and then asked: "General, who are those people in black armor, don't you take off your armor on such a hot day?" ”

On weekdays, in order to win over his descendants, Li Wenyuan often mixed in the ranks of the soldiers to train together, eating and living with the soldiers, and the soldiers under him also found that his general did not have any other shelf except for training and strict implementation of military orders, and he also relaxed a lot in his usual conversations.

"Those are law enforcement officers who are specially used to uphold the laws and regulations in the army, also called military police." Li Wenyuan took the water bowl and took a sip and said.

"That's the gendarmerie, I heard Deputy Division Commander Zhang say on weekdays, Deputy Division Commander Zhang said that the trick for soldiers to win every battle is what to call and what to stop." The soldier on the other side took over.

"Orders forbidden." Li Wenyuan said with a smile: "Listen up, you little guys, most of you are soldiers who survived the battlefield in Liaodong, but you must know that we have the advantage of strategic offensive in Liaodong, so there is no large-scale field battle." But when we arrived in the Western Regions, we had to face the Hu people, whether it was the Eastern Turks or the Western Turks, they were all cavalry, and the infantry was basically a dead end when they met the cavalry in the field. ”

Looking at the eyes of the soldiers around him, Li Wenyuan knew that they could understand what he had just said, after all, since the Xiongnu era, the infantry in the Central Plains has not been able to effectively win the field battle with the Beihu cavalry. It was not until the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign that Yang Su, the prince of Shiyue, abandoned the traditional formation of infantry, cavalry and military vehicles, and led the heavy cavalry built by the country to defeat the cavalry of the Datou Khan and threaten the grassland.

Li Wenyuan continued: "The overwhelming cavalry and the impact of the galloping horses are enough to crush the courage of the bravest. But! ”

Saying this, Li Wenyuan raised his voice a little and said to the soldiers: "However, courage is rarely innate, and in most cases it is forged through rigorous training and iron-like discipline. That's why I've given you so much more training than the soldiers from other battalions, because I want your family to see you come home alive after winning the war, instead of just crying at the grave. ”

Li Wenyuan slowed down his speech at the right time: "In the future, we will definitely have cavalry, but there will definitely be times when the cavalry will not be able to come to the aid on the battlefield, and at that time we can only face the impact of the cavalry alone." At this time, it is the time for the phalanx that we have been practicing weekdays to exert its power, and in order to ensure the integrity of the formation, we must do the order and prohibition. ”

At this time, the firehead soldiers brought food, and Li Wenyuan also stopped talking in time, kicked the little soldier next to him and smiled: "Okay." I said that I was about to starve to death for a long time, so I went to bring food to General Ben. ”

During the meal, Zhang Juntai asked Li Wenyuan: "General, at today's speed, we should be able to arrive at Woniuling and camp soon after nightfall." ”

Li Wenyuan nodded, this speed was okay, he suddenly thought of something, and asked Zhang Juntai: "Juntai, have you ever practiced a rapid march?" ”

Zhang Juntai shook his head: "It's just a short-distance training, not a long-distance training." ”

Li Wenyuan said with a smile: "Then let's have a field training today and arrive at Woniuling before sunset." ”

Soon the soldiers used their meals, and the utensils were handed over to the firefighters to take back, and the soldiers returned to the team in an orderly manner under the coordination of officers at all levels.

Zhang Juntai had already conveyed the order to the brigade commanders, and at this time he just waved his hand: "Let's go." ”