Chapter Ninety-Four: Speed Race
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Just sent Fan Xi away, Xiao Tianjian didn't have time to catch his breath, and after thinking about what to do next, Tietou broke in and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General! Big things are wrong! Shi Ran sent someone back to report that something had happened to Luo Li! ”
Xiao Tianjian became anxious when he heard this, and immediately asked, "What about the person who reported the news?" ”
Not long after, a scout with a cold face was brought into the hall, and as soon as he saw Xiao Tianjian, he immediately said: "General Qiqi, the small one is the scout under the stone sentry general, Luo sentry will lead the troops the day before yesterday, and on the way back, he encountered an officer army, Luo sentry will let the stone sentry general lead most of the troops to retreat first, he led his own sentry brothers to break off, and now he is surrounded in a village twenty miles northeast of Jiangxian County!" The enemy's origin is unknown, it should be a border army, about 2,000 people! General Shi sent the little one back to ask the general for help! ”
Xiao Tianjian was taken aback when he heard this, he was still chatting with Fan Xi last night, knowing that the officers and troops in Shanxi were gathering towards the Jiezhou area, ready to listen to Hong Chengchou's orders, and enter Henan to encircle and suppress the Zhulu Righteous Army, he was a little worried, Luo Li, who was collecting grain in Wenxi and Jiangxian County, would encounter a large number of officers and soldiers, but he didn't expect that before the Shangyuan Festival, he encountered the officials and soldiers, and it seemed that there was some trouble now. (.. )
He believed that after asking about the situation of this scout, he did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered Yan Chongxi and others to come to the discussion, and at the same time sent an order to go down, and immediately began to urgently assemble in the war barracks in Lotus Village, ready to set off at any time, and at the same time sent someone to quickly recall Wang Chengping and prepare to set off with him.
Yan Chongxi and the others quickly rushed to the Juyi Hall, Xiao Tianjian immediately briefed them on Luo Li's situation, and then ordered: "Zhao Erdonkey stays in Lotus Village, Yan Chongxi and Li Xuanzhu, you lead your troops to set off with me, meet Shi Ran and them on the road, and go to rescue Luo Li!" ”
Everyone didn't say much, they immediately intervened to receive the order, turned around and went down to start their own preparations, Xiao Tianjian stopped Zhao Erdonkey and said: "I haven't been here for a few days, you must not slack off, Lotus Village is a trivial matter, there will be no big trouble here, the main thing is the outside thing, the patrol team can not be withdrawn, but also to step up patrols, can not let people take advantage of the situation, if not, please Liu Bao, transfer some people from the new barracks, out of Shuangfeng Village, and strengthen into the patrol!" It must not happen again in these few days! Do you remember clearly? ”
Zhao Erdonkey had a painful experience, that time he beat Lijiazhuang, he just got carried away, and was driven by Xiao Tianjian to feed the horses for more than a month, this time he didn't dare to be careless, and immediately said: "General, please rest assured, I, Zhao Erdonkey, will never make a mistake again!" Rest assured, general! ”
Xiao Tianjian immediately began to put on his spear, pinned two short axes, and walked out of the justice hall with thirty guards.
When he came to the school ground, Yan Chongxi and Li Xuanzhu had already ordered the soldiers and horses under their command, including Huang Shengqiang's artillery team, and they were also ready, the Xingtian Army had never slackened, and emergency assembly was a common thing for them, so they assembled very quickly, and did not delay Xiao Tianjian at all.
"Don't bring these Furlong machines, it will affect our speed, and our ammunition is also insufficient, only bring a few tiger squat guns, we can't show our family background this time! In addition, let the brothers bring five days' rations each, and do not bring unnecessary things, so as to save delays! As soon as Xiao Tianjian arrived at the school, he immediately ordered to go down.
So Yan Chongxi and the others immediately followed Xiao Tianjian's instructions and passed the order, and only a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Tianjian rushed out of the mountain gate of Lotus Village with five hundred soldiers and hurried towards the west of Yangcheng.
Wang Chengping didn't wait, but sent someone to inform Wang Chengping and let him catch up later.
From Lotus Village to the place where Luo Li was surrounded in Jiangxian County, the straight-line distance is nearly 100 miles, and there are mountain roads along the way, so in order to speed up the speed of rushing there, Xiao Tianjian ordered not to bring a car, and took a small road to take a shortcut to the accident site.
He received the news at about nine o'clock in the morning, and led his troops out of the Lotus Village before ten o'clock, before the soldiers went out of the village, they were ordered to take off their armor and put them on the back of the accompanying mules and horses, all of them traveled lightly on foot, and rushed to the accident site at the speed of a rapid march, and at noon, they had rushed to the mountains twenty miles away from the Lotus Village, and then they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and dozens of fierce cavalry chased up from behind them.
Xiao Tianjian raised his hand and ordered the soldiers to stop the march, and ordered the soldiers to rest in place for a while, and the soldiers immediately stopped, and sat down on the spot and began to rest without disorder, and soon Wang Chengping led dozens of brothers under his command to catch up.
"Dadang...... Oh! General, my Wang really obeyed you, I got the letter and began to chase you, I thought I would catch you in a while, but I didn't expect this chase, I actually chased you until I caught up with you here, you just rely on these two legs, and you can run too well! In the past twenty years, you have almost made us unable to catch up with you! Terrible! Your legs are amazing! I've never seen anyone run so fast on these two legs! The cavalry of the official army is almost your speed! After Wang Chengping caught up, he jumped off the war horse cleanly, and the old brothers under him also jumped down one after another, and the movements were neat and neat, reflecting the tacit understanding between them and superb riding skills, but they looked at Xiao Tianjian, the old subordinates of the Xingtian Army, and they also showed a look of admiration.
Before the day when the Xingtian Army became an army, Xiao Tianjian attached great importance to the training of the soldiers in long-distance running, and the long-distance cross-country running every morning was a compulsory subject for them every day, and for this purpose the Xingtian Army was uniformly distributed leggings, which was more conducive to the long-distance march of the infantry, plus from Shaanxi, this time the thousand-mile leap forward, the two legs of the more tempered generals, this twenty-mile rapid march is nothing to them now, not to mention that they now have mules and horses to accompany them, which can help them carry armor and reduce their burden, In the state of light load marching, their speed is quite impressive, so it is not surprising that Wang Chengping was surprised.
On the part of the officers and soldiers, very few people have this kind of willpower, and they seriously lack initiative, for the battle, most people have the attitude of avoiding and avoiding, no one will play with their lives, even if the officials are in a hurry, they do not dare to desperately urge their subordinates to march quickly, not to mention that the soldiers have been deducted from their salaries for a long time, and they are all angry, and if they are pressed, they will make a mutiny.
So in terms of marching, if the current Xingtian Army says that they are second, no one really dares to jump out and say that they are the first, and this area is mostly mountainous, and if the cavalry really compares the speed with the infantry of the Xingtian Army, it is really not necessarily the opponent of the infantry of the Xingtian Army.
Xiao Tianjian laughed: "Brother Wang can catch up so quickly, it's already very good, if Brother Wang is a little later, we will enter the mountain road, at that time, Brother Wang, if you want to chase again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up with us!" ”
"I don't believe it, can this man really run on two legs and four legs? No matter how powerful the brothers are, they have to walk on two legs! I don't believe it! Look at the brothers, how tired they are, they will definitely not be able to catch up with Jiangxian today! Wang Chengping said to Xiao Tianjian with an unconvinced face.
Xiao Tianjian looked at Wang Chengping, knowing that Wang Chengping was born as a horse thief after all, if Xingtianjun couldn't show something to convince him, it would be difficult to suppress him for such a person, so he thought about it slightly, and said to Wang Chengping: "Either so!" Brother Wang took your men first, and then we caught up, so we made a bet to see if we were fast on two legs or four legs. ”
"That's good! I bet on this, if you can outrun us, then I will do whatever you ask me to do in the future, and I will never say a word! Wang Chengping said immediately.
"Good! Let's just say it! See you in Jiangxian! Xiao Tianjian said to Wang Chengping arrogantly.
Wang Chengping is also a cheerful person, so he didn't talk nonsense, turned his head and shouted to his thirty or so brothers behind him: "Did the brothers hear that? The general wants to give way to the brothers of the infantry army to compare the strength of our horses, don't be stunned, let's go forward and see who gets to the place first! Launched! ”
After hearing this, Wang Chengping's subordinates cheered one after another, as if they were disdainful of the Xingtian Army's infantry, they all laughed and jumped on the horse's back, Wang Chengping also turned over and jumped on the horse's back, holding a horsewhip and hugging Xiao Tianjian's fist and said: "In this case, we are welcome, go first, brothers, don't let us pull too far!" Ha ha! Let's go! ”
With a wave of his horsewhip, he led his small group of cavalry through the ranks of the Xingtian Army, and rushed into the mountain road with a whip on his horse, leaving a burst of laughter wherever they passed.
Seeing Wang Chengping lead his troops to set off first, the corners of Xiao Tianjian's mouth showed a slight smile, and Yan Chongxi, Li Xuanzhu and others all walked in front of Xiao Tianjian and said to Xiao Tianjian: "This guy is too arrogant!" ”
"It's better to be arrogant, this kind of person has momentum! Okay, the brothers have also gasped, and the big guys also know, this time we have to compare the strength of our feet with them, whether it is a mule or a horse that comes out to slip away, so that Brother Wang and they can also see the strength of the iron feet of our Xingtian Army! Don't embarrass me! Let's go! ”
Xiao Tianjian walked to the front of the team and shouted loudly at these soldiers and generals.
And these generals were also aroused, one by one stood up, quickly lined up, and with Xiao Tianjian's order, everyone immediately began to throw off their legs and walk towards the mountain road.
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