"Eighty miles of plains are country roads, and twenty miles of mountains are no roads, all ravines and ravines, and you must walk there at night. Each person was to carry only five servings of dry rice, and the rest of the things not related to the battle were put down, and all the salute backpacks were left in the camp. Zhong Lao Si said loudly to the group of company commanders and flag captains below, "All those who are sick and poor and those who can't see at night will be temporarily transferred to the third general of the Guards Battalion to stay behind, and those who can walk at night will be replaced." ”

In the camp of the 2,000th headquarters, Zhong Laosi summoned more than 100 officers and issued a briefing on the operation to them.

According to Chen Xin's order, all soldiers with night blindness were left to the Third Guards General of the Guards guarding the camp, and the soldiers who could walk at night were replaced. Fortunately, the soldiers of the regimental training battalion are selected from all the tunpu, and their physical conditions are much better than before, Chen Xin according to his own common sense, according to their diet, formulated pig liver mixed with carrots and other foods to treat night blindness, the proportion of night blind soldiers is not high, and the unified drill code allows Dengzhou Town to ensure the play of combat power.

Several platoon commanders and flag captains wrote down on their sons, and Zhong Laosi waited for them to finish remembering and said: "The goal of this battle is a big thief leader, all the main forces of our Dengzhou Town must act, the thief leader is stationed on the side of Taihang Mountain in Xiuwu County, and its camp is two miles away from the mountain forest area, and it is a hundred miles away from our current camp. A friendly army has taken the lead, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the Rogue Cavalry, they will attack a local fort in collusion with the Rogue Cavalry, in fact, to shield the reconnaissance of the surrounding Rogue Cavalry. and camped outside the stockade, making the illusion of building equipment and preparing to attack the fortress on the second day. In order to cover our real combat objectives. Let's march after dark, and we must not carry torches. ”

Zhong Laosi looked up at the sky, there were no clouds, and there should be bright lighting of the stars and moon at night.

"According to the information distributed by the battalion headquarters staff, there are other rogue camps on the south, east, and west sides of this big thief leader's camp, but there are none in the north. The Liukou Fulu Army was as far as Wuli. We are going to take this big thief directly, all the infantry will march at night, the front stage is in the plain on the edge of the mountain, until we reach twenty miles east of Zijinliang, where there are other battalions of liukou stationed, we need to enter the mountain at the southern edge of the Taihang Mountain, the cavalry will stay near this position to hide, the infantry will march from the ravine to the north of its station, and lurk to the north of its camp. If we are not discovered by the enemy, we will start the assault half an hour before dawn. ”

"The task of our 10000 headquarters is to attack the west side of the enemy camp, that is, we have to go a little longer, and it is the 30000 headquarters of the 5th battalion that will attack the front with us. Our two thousand headquarters serve as the middle advance, and the two divisions of the first thousand headquarters are scattered on the outside of the two wings of the two phalanx thousand headquarters, and they will carry out a rapid centripetal assault, and after the attack begins, the cavalry will quickly come to contain the surrounding rogues. ”

Zhong Laosi, as before, was not nagging before the war. Finally, he told the officers: "We are small soldiers facing the enemy, remember the main points of the attack, ensure the suddenness of the attack when it begins, and do our best not to alarm them before approaching." No trumpets are allowed to be blown or drummed, and orders are communicated verbally, and the unified signal of attack is the No. 1 birdsong. Four companies and one water pulled apart, unfolded and advanced rapidly. The captains and officers of each flag should try their best to maintain a good line and observe the position and speed of the thousand flags at any time. The detachments are commanded by the leaders of each detachment themselves, and they break ahead of the big formation, and are not constrained by the big array. After entering the camp, the large formation may not be able to maintain the formation, but it is not allowed to stop the whole formation, and the focus of the first qiē is speed, and never give the rogue time to organize the men and horses, and cannot stop until it penetrates its large camp. When encountering an enemy counterattack, listen to the command of the nearest officer on the spot, and no one can stop the attack and advance without hearing the rallying call. We've been here for more than a month, and we haven't killed a few elites of the rogue until now, those homeless people don't want to kill, and we haven't been so angry when we fight the Tartars, today is the best opportunity to seize the Zijin Liang of the dog day and let him kneel in front of Lord Chen to admit his mistake. ”

"Understood." All the subordinates nodded in unison, their eyes full of excitement......

The moon of the twentieth lunar calendar rises late, and the night sky is full of starlight, gently reflecting the shadows of the dark mountains in the north, and with the illumination of the stars, an army of more than 3,000 people marches on the edge of the vast North China Plain. Their figures are covered by the background of the mountain shadows in the north, and it is difficult to spot this quiet army when they are not observed at close range.

None of them carried torches, but they walked at night in the plains, and they could see them from a long distance, so they could only advance by the light of the stars. Those who wore chain mail put their armor on their undershirts, put on red military uniforms on the outside, and wrapped spare lines around their helmets and gun blades to avoid reflection.

The first two divisions were at the beginning and end of the queue, and they spread out their four rounds in an irregular prism, with the last team lagging slightly behind. This formation marching can be quickly transformed into several battle formations, simple and direct, it is the formation adopted by the Qi family army in the north, and it is not comparable to those fancy plum blossom formations in Beijing.

In the middle are two phalanx thousand headquarters, after this large formation enters the attack position, there is no need to adjust it, and it is a battle formation when it crosses the southern slope. The cavalry and all the sentinels led their horses at the very end, their hooves covered with thick cloth, for they would not enter the mountains, and when they were twenty miles away from their target, they would hide in the nearby mountains, lest they should continue to advance and be discovered by the rogue ambush army.

At the forefront were the special forces, with some of the elite soldiers drawn from the sentinels, who abandoned their horses and marched on foot as the vanguard and guide of the whole army, connecting with each other with the voices of birds and beasts. This trick was learned from Jiannu, and it was summarized by Wu Jianzhong and the Zhenyi he brought, and Chen Xin was reminded to formulate some contact signals for the combat troops, and the special service team was set by themselves.

Brother Guan in the middle couldn't see the situation ahead, as a non-commissioned officer and veteran in the team, he needed to help other teammates and help officers keep an eye on the soldiers' situation.

It wasn't until before setting off that the flag captain gave them a briefing, today is to catch a big thief, the soldiers are very excited, after all, everyone feels that they are a strong army, but except for the first battle in Linxian County, they can't even find the shadow of the rogue, every time the rogue runs away in a battle, leaving a bunch of unknown so-called homeless, Dengzhou town killing is not a prisoner. Many times they can only be allowed to run, and these people will be thrown into other gangsters in the blink of an eye. The whole town of Dengzhou held their breath and wanted to teach those rogues a hard lesson.

After they set off, they were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, normal speed and rapid crossing, and rested three times in between, Brother Guan estimated that he had already walked fifty miles, and the march on the plains was not too tiring, but after walking another thirty miles, he would enter the mountains, and when the time came, he would march with such a spear. Even if you have a carrying, it will be very hard.

Brother Guan noticed that more than 20 corpses could be seen on the left side of the road. It should have been a small group of outcasts or outcasts, who were indiscriminately beheaded by the special services. Brother Guan didn't hear any movement at first, but when he looked closely, the corpses were not far apart. It can be seen that the special service team is very fast, and these people don't even have a chance to escape, which makes Brother Guan a little embarrassed.

It is said that the special service team once wanted to transfer Brother Guan, but Zhong Laosi resisted and refused to let go, and later the special service team heard that he didn't even recognize fifty words, and he didn't mention the matter of the important person again, so Brother Guan felt a little regretful and yearning in his heart.

"The Secret Service is amazing." Brother Guan stared at the corpses again. I thought in my heart.

Walking all the way like this, about ten miles away, the front suddenly stopped, and the company commander Zhou Shao'er ran over. He said a few words to the flag captain, and then went to the position of the musketeer in the back.

The flag captain came over and whispered, "Everyone is on standby, no one is allowed to speak." ”

Brother Guan stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, and there was some firelight from a bonfire in the distance. His heart suddenly lifted......

Bucktooth used his telescope to observe a campfire a hundred paces to the south, with a small river next to it. You can see the sparkling of the water, several rogues have not yet slept, they are raping a woman, and some homeless people are watching the excitement next to them. The rogue appeared out of nowhere, and he didn't have the camp when he ran back.

There were not many of them, they were more than two miles away from the hilly area, but fortunately they did not occupy the wading point, they were more than a mile and a half away from the wading point, this group of people was very lax, they did not even have an ambush army, and they did not notice it at all when their buckteeth touched the position of a hundred paces.

Bucktooth put away the telescope and asked Zhang Wei next to him, "Where did the brigade go?" ”

"Xiao Er came to report that it was three miles away from here, and it should have stopped now." Zhang Wei smacked his tongue, "They are less than a mile away from the crossing point, in case they are discovered...... Or go into the mountains now. ”

Bucktooth turned around and looked at the side of the mountain with a telescope, the shadow of the mountain was dark and gloomy, and the Liukou did not have a telescope, as long as they did not go to the side of the mountain, then they should not be able to see it.

Bucktooth was very hesitant in his heart, he did not know the terrain in the mountains near here, and it was very likely that he would not be able to reach the mountains before dawn, so it was better to continue the march in the plains and enter the mountains again until about twenty miles. But if it is really discovered, once this group of rogues is noisy or dispersed, it is very likely to alarm the rogues in other places, which involves whether the operation can be successful or not, and it is also related to the safety of more than 3,000 people in the whole army, especially Lord Chen is also in the army.

He quietly retreated and returned to the crossing point two miles away, where there were more than a dozen special service members scattered and guarded, and two other staff officers of the Chinese army had just returned. ”

"Lord Chen said, you know the situation best at the head of the team, and you are at the forefront, please boldly judge whether it is feasible, and the order to march will be given by you."

"Me?" Bucktooth opened his mouth in surprise, Chen Xin actually handed over such a lot of power to him.

One of the staff officers said: "Lord Chen said that there is not much time, and it is inconvenient to send messages back and forth, so let you make a bold analysis and decision, and he will not pursue it afterwards." ”

Bucktooth buried his head, the two staff officers waited silently, Bucktooth waited for a moment and raised his head, stared at the two and said: "I decided that the brigade will continue to advance, although it may be discovered here, but if we enter the mountain, we may not be able to reach the attack position on time, and we will be exposed to tens of thousands of rogues during the day, and the risk to the army will be higher at that time, even if we are found here, we can retreat with our whole body." Lao Tzu wants to go all the way to the front, in case he is killed, you remember to tell Master Chen the reason for my decision. ”

The two nodded, and Bucktooth called a few more team members and commanded in a low voice: "Our special service team will send a small team to the south to guard the guard, if there are really scattered rogues, they will be quietly touched." Now I talk about the method of marching, now only the infantry, the cavalry's horses cross the river is easy to chirp, just wait for the infantry to go far and then cross, if it is discovered, do not engage in battle and go east, this stream of rogues for a while can not figure out who it is, so as not to alarm the other large groups of bandits, close to dawn when the cavalry quickly rush to the battlefield, when they arrive, the infantry will start fighting, and the rogue will not have time to ventilate. Now when it comes to infantry, at the crossing of the river, one division at a time, the brigade waits a mile away, and then passes the next division............

Chen Xin was also relieved when the rear team received the decision of Bucktooth, and the operation could finally continue. But to leave the cavalry behind, if Chen Xin wants to follow the infantry, he can only leave the horse.

The front team began to move one after another, and there was a lot of delay here, and Chen Xin kept looking up at the sky. Zhu Daichun hesitated for a moment and Chen Xin said: "My lord, this stream of rogues suddenly appeared, I don't know if there is anything in front, this trip is a lone army deep behind the enemy, and now I have to leave all the horses, my subordinates are always worried about the safety of the adults, and I want to ask the adults to return to the camp and wait for the good news." ”

Chen Xin shook his head and said: "Will be a soldier, this is not a matter of a battle, I must go this time." If you don't have a horse, you can't do it for the generals, why should you ask the soldiers to do it in the future. He turned to Wang Mafu and stretched out his hand, "Give me my title." ”

Wang Mafu took out Chen Xin's title, Chen Xin took it and bit it in his mouth, Zhu Daichun and others saw his resolute attitude, and they didn't say anything anymore, and took out the title and bit it on standby. Finally arrived at their place, Chen Xin led the way forward.