The army of 30,000 was like a group of beggars, lying crookedly on the road more than ten miles away to rest, and a team of more than 500 people was also resting on a hill more than ten miles away from the army.

"Big brother, the spies came to report that Wang Tong's army stopped fifteen miles away."

Gao Huan sat on a stone, the smoke was rising all around, and the firehead soldiers were also burying pots and cooking.

"This Wang Tong is really grinding, he hasn't reached Tianshui after walking for nearly a month, and if he goes on like this, our grain and grass will not be enough to eat first."

Gao Huan said hatefully.

Gao Huan led five hundred cavalry this time, carrying more than a month's worth of grain and grass, these grains and grass are supposed to be enough to use, according to his plan, Wang Tong and these people march slowly, twenty days is enough to travel thousands of miles to Tianshui, when the time comes, the two sides will fight, and they will be able to attack at a critical moment, although there are only five hundred cavalry with him, after all, soldiers are easy to get, war horses are very few, those who can become cavalry are well-trained soldiers, and they are his only elite troops, not to mention one enemy ten, But rushing up is enough to compete with thousands of infantry on the other side.

More than 20 days have passed since the departure, that Wang Tong's army is too slow, and now it is more than 200 miles away from Tianshui, and it takes more than 20 days to advance more than 800 miles, and the distance is only more than 40 miles every day.

If there is no food, no matter how powerful Gao Huan is, there is no way!

"Big brother, this Tianshui is really a place where rabbits don't, and there is not a village within a hundred miles, otherwise we can alleviate it by grabbing some food."

A person next to him said that he used to be a horse bandit on Changshi Mountain, and he went to rob if he had no food, and he did a lot of killing people and stealing goods.

"Hmph, even if there is, how much food can there be? Besides, we are people who do great things, don't think about robbing the common people in the future, and when we occupy the city, we are afraid that we will not have anything to eat? ”

Gao Huan glared at the other party, but he didn't say deeply, although he has great ambitions, but the common people are just tools in his eyes, if his troops really can't eat, he doesn't mind killing people and setting fires, but it hasn't reached that level yet.

"Yes, yes, Big Brother is right!"

The other party hurriedly agreed.

"Tell everyone, let them be patient first, and when Wang Tong's army arrives in Tianshui, the two sides will start fighting, and then our opportunity will come."

Gao Huan thought that Liu Yuetian would definitely wait until Wang Tong's army arrived at Tianshui City, and then defend with the help of city defense, and then at the most intense time, his five hundred cavalry would start from behind Wang Tong, and Wang Tong would be defeated under the combination of inside and outside.

Wang Tong's army was like a group of homeless people, Gao Huan's army was waiting patiently, and on the official road fifty miles away, a large army was galloping forward, led by Shi Le and Chang Yuchun.

"Fifty miles ahead is Wang Tong's troops, everyone hurry up, and we will rest after thirty miles!"

Chang Yuchun shouted.

This time, Tianshui dispatched 5,000 troops, 2,000 cavalry, and the remaining 3,000 were infantry, and Sun Shangxiang also brought more than 200 female soldiers, which can be described as a combination of three armies.

With an army of 5,000 troops, Shile's cavalry mainly charged, like a sharp sword slammed into the opponent's chest, to break up the opponent's formation, and Chang Yuchun's infantry master controlled, killing more enemies with the momentum of the battalion step by step, and at the same time taking more prisoners, the more the better.

As for Sun Shangxiang's troops, this time they are mainly training the team, so that they can accept the actual combat and experience the real test of blood and fire.

One hundred and fifty miles of march, these five thousand troops only took less than two days, of course, because the infantry and cavalry fought together, Shile's cavalry could only slow down, otherwise he would have arrived in one hundred and fifty miles.

In terms of physical strength, Chang Yuchun's infantry was indeed under Shi Le's cavalry, even if they traveled a hundred miles a day, as long as they were full of drinks and rested for a night, they could recover immediately, which Shi Le also admired very much.

Two hours later, the troops had marched another thirty miles, and by this time the sun was already on the top of the mountain, and it was almost dark.

"Pass my order, bury the pot and cook immediately."

Shi Le and Chang Yuchun passed down the order at the same time, and the 5,000 soldiers immediately dived into the dense forest not far away, and after a while, the smoke of the cooking stove floated out, and the food of the 5,000 people was ready, and the horses were also taken to the depths of the jungle to be fed by special breeders.

Half an hour later, a horse galloped from the front, and a spy from the front got the latest information.

"How?"

Shi Le, Chang Yuchun and Sun Shangxiang immediately surrounded them.

"Report, Wang Tong's army is ten miles away from here, and it has already set up camp and is waiting to leave tomorrow!"

"Two hours and only ten miles away? It's really like a stupid pig, hum, this kind of strength dares to come to Tianshui, it's really beyond my strength! ”

Before, Liu Yuetian and others believed that the combat strength of the Great Zhou army must be very poor, but this must be just an inference, but after the observation of the past few days, everyone's inference is completely correct, and the strength of the other party is even weaker than this inference, not to mention anything else, just from the point of view of the marching speed, in the first few days, the 30,000 army can still march fifty miles a day, and in the last few days, it is only forty miles a day, such as today, there is only less than thirty miles of marching, which is really slower than those beggars and beggars.

Such a slow march shows that the opponent's physical strength has reached its limit.

"Let's rest for five hours, and after late at night, we will launch a final charge and try to take each other early tomorrow morning."

Chang Yuchun immediately gave an order to his troops.

"Yuchun, today your army is rushing for seventy miles, and it is already sleepy and tired, so it is better to let everyone rest and rest, and it is not too late for us to wait here tomorrow morning."

Shi Le said to Chang Yuchun.

"No, five hours is enough for us to rest, and when it is early in the morning, the other party must be sleeping like a dead pig, and they will never think that we will appear, and we will definitely win a big victory in one fell swoop."

Chang Yuchun is full of confidence.

"Okay, let's rest and recharge immediately, and we'll see you in the early hours of tomorrow morning."

There were 5,000 elite soldiers hidden in the dense forest, but there was no sound, only the occasional sound of horses snorting, and the soldiers on night patrol hid in the shadows, always on the lookout for movement.

Looking at Wang Tong's subordinates again, there were snoring everywhere for a distance of more than ten miles, and there were no soldiers guarding the night, and even the thunder could not wake them up at this time.

Soon it was the darkest hour of the day, and the 30,000-strong army had only the occasional night get-away, while in the dense forest ten miles away, 5,000 elite soldiers were ready to go.

"Are you all ready?"

Chang Yuchun and Shi Le asked their lieutenants separately.

"General rest assured, everyone has recovered their strength, ten miles away, we can arrive in a quarter of an hour!"

"Okay, this battle determines the future of our Tianshui, as long as we win, our Tianshui will soar into the sky from now on, and the lord will definitely become the lord of the Great Zhou, and then you will be the pillars of the country, and it is possible to be crowned a king and a marquis......... But you also remember that everyone must charge bravely, and they are not allowed to stand still, and if I find out, then don't blame the ruthlessness of military law! ”

"General rest assured, we will win this battle!"

All the soldiers were excited in their hearts.