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Xiao Tianjian walked and let his guards lead his beloved horse, and marched forward on foot with the army, and the soldiers and generals in the accompanying army also dismounted and walked, so as to save horsepower, the war horse should be cherished, if it is always on horseback in peacetime, once the war horse may have no strength.

Therefore, the Xingtian Army has strict regulations, when it is not a war and on the way, anyone must dismount and walk, so as to save horsepower, and only when the battle is about to be on the horse, even as the commander of the Xingtian Army, Xiao Tianjian is also the same as himself, and the army marches forward on foot.

Moreover, he was also wearing a body of thirty or forty pounds of scale armor, and the strength consumed by this foot march was greater, which made everyone in the army admire, so no one would commit this taboo and ride lazily on a horse.

Only the scouts sent back and forth to report the news from the front back to the army, basically the situation of He Renlong's department is under Xiao Tianjian's control.

However, Xiao Tianjian also kept an eye on them, and ordered the people at the end of the team to pay attention to their backs, and sure enough, they left the camp only for a while, and then news came from the end of the team, saying that they saw a few Li Zicheng's scouts sneakily behind their team, and Li Xuanzhu, who was behind the palace, sent someone to rush up and ask Xiao Tianjian how to deal with it, and whether he wanted to teach them a lesson.

"Tell Li Xuanzhu to ignore them, they love to come and see, let them come and see for a long time! Hum! Xiao Tianjian took off his helmet, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead slightly, combed his half-length hair slightly, buckled the helmet again, turned his head to look at the road he came, and replied with a sneer to the guard sent by Li Xuanzhu.

When Xiao Tianjian went to Li Zicheng today to bid farewell and told him that he was going to lead his troops south to block He Renlong's department, although he did not expect Li Zicheng to send a large number of men and horses to cooperate with him, Li Zicheng's attitude also made him completely disappointed, he did not have any good impression of Li Zicheng, the reason why he chose to act with Li Zicheng was just because Li Zicheng was a little more famous in history after all!

And in the contact, Li Zicheng is not as arrogant as Gao Yingxiang, and he seems to be more friendly, so Xiao Tianjian still has a good impression of Li Zicheng.

And today, when Li Guo grabbed the word and instigated him to lead his troops to fight, Gu Junen glanced at Li Zicheng on the side, Li Zicheng did not persuade him not to fight, nor did he say that he would cooperate with him, so he understood the intentions of Li Zicheng and Gu Junen.

Li Zicheng is still short-sighted in the end, and now they are fighting against the government and the court everywhere, and the best way for them is to unite many people in the same way to act together, so that they can form a group against the official army, but now they do not have this kind of awareness, and they are often intrigued, wanting to preserve their strength, and they also want to see him Xiao Tianjian unlucky, and then take the opportunity to take advantage.

The performance of Li Guo and Gu Junen has fully illustrated this point, Xiao Tianjian is not a fool, he can naturally guess what kind of wishful thinking they are playing, but Xiao Tianjian really has no hope for Li Zicheng, the reason why he wants to fight against He Renlong independently is to let Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang and others see the true strength of his Xingtian Army. Since they all think that he is a piece of fat, then he has to show them that he is not a fat meat, but a hedgehog covered in stingers.

"Brothers, hurry up and arrive a little earlier, and our chances will be one point greater!" Xiao Tianjian shouted loudly to the subordinates who walked in front of him, raised his legs, and followed the team to embark on the journey again.

The iron head carried the scarlet banner of the Xingtian Army, and immediately followed Xiao Tianjian forward, the banner of Xingtian followed the wind, hunting and hunting, and the drumbeat of the marching drum once again accelerated the rhythm.

More than ten miles, for the Xingtian Army, that is, it can be arrived in more than an hour, and the benefits of this legging are now known to them, and the long-distance march does make their calves feel much more comfortable, and it is much easier to walk.

When he was approaching the clubhead, Xiao Tianjian finally saw a small river in front of him, so he raised his hand upwards and clenched his fist.

An order to stop advancing immediately sounded behind him, and the drumming of the marching drum that had been beating in the ranks immediately stopped abruptly, and Xiao Tianjian only heard a steady footstep behind him.

Shi Ran strode to Xiao Tianjian's side and said to Xiao Tianjian: "This is the Wanzi River, originally the river was said to be six or seven zhang wide before, but because of the drought for many years, now there are only two or three zhang wide left, if it hadn't rained some time ago, I'm afraid that only more than one zhang wide would be left, and the cavalry would be able to jump over!" ”

Xiao Tianjian looked at the river, it is indeed not a big river, and the water flow is also very gentle, because there is no pollution in this era, the water quality is very clear, and you can even see the aquatic plants at the bottom of the river through the water body.

"God helps! It's a great place to stop! How far is Herenlong's department from here now? Xiao Tianjian asked Shi Ran.

As he spoke, he galloped from the other side of the river and rode fast horses, and there were dozens of pursuers behind them, and one man was behind the horses, and from time to time he turned and fired his bow on horseback, and put an arrow at the cavalry who pursued them, so that the cavalry of the officers and soldiers who pursued them could not get close to them, and could only curse behind their backs, shouting and shouting to kill.

Even though the people of the Xingtian Military Department became nervous, they stirred slightly, and immediately stabilized again under the orders of their respective officers.

"Array, block the stone bridge!" Xiao Tianjian immediately gave the order.

After receiving his order, the Xingtian army, which was originally in the form of a marching army, immediately gathered together, assembled on the west bank of the river at a rapid speed, and occupied a high slope on the west bank of the river.

And the fast horses also quickly rushed across the stone bridge, only the last person on the east side of the stone bridge grabbed the reins of the horse, fired several arrows one after another, and shot the cavalry of the two most advanced officers and soldiers under the horse, then turned the horse around and laughed, and quickly rushed across the stone bridge.

"It's Li Lingfeng who is back!" Shi Ran said to Xiao Tianjian.

"Good fellow, this guy is really arrogant! I like it! Hehe! Let the soldiers stand in front, don't make it too neat! Hurry up! Xiao Tianjian turned over and stood in front of the soldier formation and said majestically, and then a team of soldiers was brought to the front of the team in a chaotic manner, blocking the neat team of soldiers behind.

After the cavalry of the dozens of officers and soldiers chased to the river, they saw the Xingtian army gathered at the other end of the stone bridge at a glance, and they were immediately startled, and quickly grabbed the reins of the horses, circled the war horses, and looked towards this side in disbelief, no longer daring to pursue forward, but nervously looked at the west bank of the river on the other side of the river.

"General Qiyu, the mark is back! He Renlong's department is only less than five miles away from here! There are more than 2,500 infantry in Herenlong's department, no more than 300 cavalry, more than 50 baggage vehicles, about 1,200 people recruited and requisitioned, four general cannons, six Fulong machine guns, and an unknown number of tiger squat cannons! These are the cavalry under his command who are the first to explore the way, and they have been chasing after them when they found the mark just now! After Li Lingfeng crossed the river, he jumped off the war horse, handed over the tired sweaty war horse to his men, strode towards Xiao Tianjian, and saluted his chest as soon as he got close, and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"Good job, Ling Feng, you have stolen the limelight again this time! The meritorious service is not small! Hehe! What do you think? What are your losses? Xiao Tianjian smiled appreciatively and said to Li Lingfeng, Li Lingfeng is indeed a natural scout, since he was incorporated into the scout team, he has made several contributions, and this time he is under the command of He Renlong.

"It's not a big deal, it lost two brothers, but it also killed four or five of them under the mark, it's not a loss!"

"Good! Write down the names of those two brothers, report to Luo Yingjie for future reference, and pay tribute to their heroic spirits after this battle! For those who have merit, another reward! You and your brothers go down and rest! Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction, for the loss of two scouts, they encountered several times more official cavalry than them this time, only two of them were lost, and it was already a miracle to break through and report the news, so Xiao Tianjian was very satisfied.

Li Lingfeng immediately stroked his chest and saluted, quickly retreated, and led a few of his men to the back of the formation.

This time Xiao Tianjian led the army to arrive in a timely manner, if it was an hour later, it was estimated that this stone bridge would be captured by He Renlong, in that case, he would have to intercept He Renlong's soldiers and horses on the plain, and it would not be so easy to take advantage of it again.

The role of scouts has always been valued by Xiao Tianjian, if it weren't for the scouts to investigate the terrain of this area in advance, this time he would not have chosen this place as the location to block He Renlong's department, and He Renlong was obviously too cautious this time, if he first sent a light division of soldiers and horses to advance and occupy this key pass in advance, this time Xiao Tianjian wanted to lead his troops to seize the advantageous terrain, I am afraid that there will be no fierce battle, it is estimated that it is impossible!

Xiao Tianjian didn't bother to care about the dozens of cavalry on the other side, the number of cavalry he had at hand was too small, and yesterday he sent three groups of scouts to the surrounding places to inquire about the news, so that the number of scout cavalry on his hand was now less than fifty people, and it was impossible to send them out to fight with the cavalry of these dozens of officers and soldiers on the other side, so he simply ignored them and ignored them directly, anyway, these dozens of enemy cavalry did not dare to rush across the stone bridge to attack them, if that was the case, it would be just cheaper for the Xingtian Army.

The cavalry of the dozens of officers and soldiers looked at the strange team opposite in amazement, and one of the officers led by stopped the urge of his men to rush across the stone bridge, and stationed his horse and looked carefully towards the opposite bank.

Seeing a strange banner erected in the midst of the chaotic army on the other side, he immediately remembered a rumor after taking a closer look: "Xingtian Banner!" On the other side is the Xingtian Army of Huangyang! Damn it! Why did they come to Longzhou? ”

An officer and soldier beside him pulled the reins of his horse and said to him: "It is estimated that they have taken refuge in the high thief!" I heard that Gao Chuang Thief led his troops to go to Huangyang for a few days, and it is not surprising that he took refuge in Gao Chuang Thief with the pole of the Xingtian Army! This Xingtian Army should have come to Longzhou City with Li Thief! ”

The officer nodded, "Very likely!" But why didn't you see the banner of the Li thief? Why is it only this Heavenly Torture Army that has made it all the way here? Could it be that they rely on this little force, just like blocking us? ”

Another officer, Tima, came up to him and said, "It's not impossible! With such a new gang, the thief army will not pity them, and it is estimated that Li Zicheng, the thief leader, wants to send them to block us for a while, and buy them some time to attack the city! ”

After looking at it for a while, a sneer appeared on the corner of the officer's mouth: "What bullshit punishment heavenly army!" But it's still a rabble! Even they, the chaotic people, want to stop our army! It's really a mantis arm as a car, something that doesn't know whether it's dead or alive! Ignore them! Let them be majestic for a while, go back and report to General Zhihe that they have learned, and then come over and clean them up later! Let's go! ”

After saying that, the officer turned his horse's head, led the dozens of cavalry under his command, took the two colleagues who were injured by arrows and fell off their horses, and with a whip of the horse, they galloped away in the direction from which He Renlong's department came.