Chapter Fifty-Nine: A Rapid and Constant March

This thrilling battle actually ended quickly in less than twenty minutes!

After a stick of incense, Gongzi Wei Xing immediately asked people to blow the horn to collect the troops and return, and the cavalry who went out to pursue everywhere had to return early!

Xiahou Zhu rode his black war horse and galloped back very unhappily, jumped off the war horse suddenly, and complained stupidly: "Childe, why did you blow the horn of the army so early? Xiahou, I haven't enjoyed it yet. ”

"Uncle Xiahou, you are dizzy with murderous nature, it will not help to chase and kill some more Hu Ding, it is a pure waste of time, the most important thing for us now is to hurry up and march, before the heavy snow, return to the stone fort!" Gongzi Wei Xing explained very calmly.

Xiahou Zhu slapped his forehead again and again, blushing his cheeks, and admitted his mistake with some embarrassment: "It's really me who is dizzy, murderous, and forgot about important things!" ”

Half an hour later, the people of Phoenix Fort were used to being poor, looking at the various weapons scattered on the ground, very distressed and reluctant!

It's a pity that the time is extremely short, and it is impossible to take these things with them, which will slow down everyone's marching speed.

At the same time, I am also worried that the dozen or so Hu tribes will not be reconciled, and there will be some more moths!

After these two battles, although they suffered heavy losses and could not put all their family resources out to fight to the death, it was inevitable that they would still have a fluke and retaliate again;

Even if a tribe produces a hundred shepherds, they can easily assemble a cavalry team of 1,400 people.

In these two battles, the first time at dawn yesterday was to win by a surprise charge, and the victory just now was won by the super lethality of crossbows and arrows, and there is a certain element of luck!

If it is a frontal melee fight, even if it wins, its side will be a residual victory, which is not cost-effective, and Gongzi Wei Xing knows this very well in his heart, so he reluctantly abandons a lot of materials that are not very good.

Even the corpses of those Hu people in the wilderness had not time to be buried, so they marched in a hurry!

The large team of more than 1,800 people, after slowly walking for more than ten miles, immediately changed the overall way of marching under the advice of Gongzi Wei Xing!

Phoenix Fort brought more than 300 war horses, and the Zhenhu Dart Bureau originally had more than 800 horses, but after half a month of siege, there were only more than 300 left, less than 400!

Fortunately, these Hu tribes were all extremely generous land snakes, and after two battles, they seized more than 600 horses in a row, which greatly alleviated the crisis of Gongzi Wei Xing's group.

At the suggestion of Gongzi Wei Xing, it was divided into three parts and was responsible for security issues separately.

In addition to the more than 400 unwounded combatants and more than 50 lightly wounded, more than 800 young men took turns riding horses of less than 500 horses, and because of the girl's lighter stature, they were allowed to ride in pairs and twos.

This adjustment arrangement immediately made the team much faster.

In fact, Gongzi Wei Xing looked at the more than fifty carriages at the back of the team and felt very unpleasant in his heart;

It's a pity that 95% of the things in the carriage are horse meat and water, and they can't be discarded!

Looking down from the sky, such a team is like a snail, moving slowly on the land of the Western Regions!

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When it got dark, they walked more than sixty miles tightly, which made Gongzi Wei Xing and others very anxious, and there were eleven days in October that would be over, which meant that the first snow in winter could fall at any time!

Like some years in previous years, it is already snowing heavily!

At this time of the year, it has not snowed yet, and it is already blessed by God!

The next day, it was just dawning, and before they could see the scenery 30 meters away, the team had already drunk the hot horse broth and set off!

After that, Gongzi Wei Xing kept adjusting the strategy of marching on a small scale, first letting half of the young men ride their horses to three miles away and waiting, and then let a small group of people drive the horses back, and then consign the remaining half of the men again.

At the moment when it was dark and camped, the team had walked more than eighty miles all day, which made the faces of Gongzi Wei Xing and the others a little better, but they were still worried, secretly praying that the heavy snow would not fall!

On the third day, Gongzi Wei Xing finally discovered that the biggest factor restricting the speed of the march was the more than fifty carriages, which dragged everyone back.

There were no roads in the wilderness at all, and the potholes were very uneven, and the carriages could be used quickly.

In the end, Gongzi Wei Xing asked the six horses to pull a carriage, changing the original form of three horses and one horse.

If you change it at will, it will make the whole team faster;

By the time it got dark, they had already walked more than a hundred miles that day, and they were approaching one hundred and ten miles!

Such a change, everyone sees it in their eyes and is happy in their hearts!

"If we continue to march at this pace, we will be able to reach our destination in ten days at most, and nine days is enough if we are lucky!" Xiahou Zhu said with some excitement and optimism.

Most of the others were optimistic and happy, and the dullness of the days had dissipated considerably.

Seeing this, Gongzi Wei Xing had to discourage them from enthusiasm and reminded: "Everyone, don't be happy too early, there are only ten days until the end of the month, and snowflakes may fall from the sky at any time, we need to make some psychological preparations!" ”

Everyone knows about this problem, but they all subconsciously fantasize about the best side, and instinctively exclude this factor from their minds.

In life, quite a lot of people will subconsciously numb themselves when they encounter problems.

Before the crossing, in the face of those increasingly high housing prices and poverty, Gongzi Wei Xing was powerless, and his sorrow was getting worse day by day, and he often used such a mentality to anesthetize himself, instinctively ignoring many things that could not be done in real life.

However, now this problem has been punctured by Gongzi Wei Xing in public, and everyone is silent, speechless!

"I'm not trying to spoil everyone's interest, I just want everyone to face the real reality and do their best to solve the problems we are facing!"

"Even if we can't solve this problem, we need to have a clear understanding; Once the problem of concern really erupts, we have a certain amount of psychological preparation in advance, and we will not be defeated all at once and will never be able to stand up again! ”

Listening to Gongzi Wei Xing's words, everyone felt very harsh and uncomfortable, but they had nothing to refute;

I also think that Childe is right, everyone should be mentally prepared, so as not to be able to stand the sudden blow!

"Don't be discouraged, we consume more than four carts of horse meat every day, and we can throw away at least four wagons every day, and the speed of the march will be a little faster." Gongzi Wei Xing had to use this little thing to boost everyone's sluggish morale!

Unless all the carriages are thrown away at once, the speed of the march can be greatly changed, and everyone is clearly aware of the problem, but they are still emotionally happy for Gongzi Wei Xing's words, at least this is a good good news!

On the fourth day, it was a little higher, and the march was one hundred and ten miles, and there were still nine hundred miles from Phoenix Fort!

On the fifth day, I improved a little, and I was less than 800 miles away from my destination!

On the sixth day, there was a slight improvement, one hundred and fifteen miles a day, and there were still about six hundred and eighty miles from the destination!

On the seventh day, there were only thirty-one carriages left, and the speed continued to increase a little, barely approaching one hundred and twenty miles, and five hundred and sixty miles!

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On the tenth day, after the end of the march, there were only about 200 miles left, and it seemed that we were about to reach home!

At most, in a day and a half, they will escape the crisis of the blizzard, and everyone is extremely excited!

This is the third penultimate day at the end of the month, and there are only two days left to officially enter November, and the winter solstice has already passed!

Late at night on the eleventh day, when everyone was asleep, silver-white snowflakes had begun to illuminate the land.

When everyone woke up and walked out of the tent, they were all stunned and in an unusually low mood!

As long as there is one more day, as long as one day, everyone may cross dozens of miles of mountain roads to Phoenix Fort!

However, there are still 200 miles of mountain road, and it will take them at least five or six days to complete!

At this time, they had already thrown away some horse meat and wagons in advance, leaving only two days' rations!