This line ran from early morning to noon, Captain Lu made a gesture, and all the horsemen slowed down.

"Get off the horse, there is a small shop ahead, take a break. Captain Lu dismounted first and ordered.

As the right-hand man of the general, Captain Lu has been leading tasks all year round, so he is very familiar with the post inns and shops along the way.

It only lasted half a day, so it was still in the city. And the small shop also receives the soldiers of the Northern Army all year round, so although there are not many cases of 300 people dispatching, it is not unprecedented, and the shop does not seem surprised except for the necessary respect for the soldiers of the Northern Army.

"The military masters have another task, hard work. The shopkeeper hurriedly asked a few Xiao Er, who were all dozing off the table, to fetch water from the well in the backyard.

The soldiers of the 300 forward battalion first fed the horses, then fed some horse grass, and then drank slowly with two bowls of water per person.

Occasionally, there is a person who drinks a lot of water, and the person next to him will stop him in time and let him drink slowly, in small sips. This is the rule of the Northern Army, the more long the run, the more a lot of training and sweat, the more you can't drink like a cow.

But everyone only knows that it is the general's order, and only the general knows that this truth was told to him by Chen Letian. Chen Letian said that the more thirsty people are, the more they can't drink water like this, drinking water like this hurts the body, and you have to be on the battlefield, as soon as you drink like this, you will be much sluggish when you move immediately, and drinking in small sips and drinking it multiple times will not affect the battle.

Therefore, the general extended this method of drinking water to the entire Northern Army, and in the next two years, I heard that several other major military departments gradually began to advocate this method of drinking water.

After drinking the water, the soldiers began to do some pulling movements, which are also unique to the Northern Army, pulling legs, lowering the waist, Niuniu's neck, and moving hands and feet. After a few rounds, everyone sat down on the ground and took out some dry food they had brought with them, ate some of them, and then closed their eyes and rested.

After about two sticks of incense, Captain Lu ordered everyone to get on their horses again and continue to run along the official road to the southwest.

The shopkeeper looked at the soldiers of the Northern Army who had gone away, and said to Xiao Er beside him: "This time it is not the general who leads the troops, but there are so many people, is it going to Xiliang?"

Xiao Er said: "I think they are all soldiers, that's the flag of the forward battalion." ”

The shopkeeper said: "The forward battalion is the elite of the Northern Army, and I haven't heard from passing travelers that there is something wrong in the southwest." Heck, it's not our turn to take care of it, anyway, no matter what these military masters are doing, I hope they can drink a bowl of water with me when they come back. At least it will allow me to make money again, even if it's not much, it's money, isn't it? ”

When the journey reached dusk, he arrived at the first post station and dismounted.

Three hundred people and three hundred horses crowded the small inn of dismounting. The soldiers did not pick, dozens of people crowded into a room, and they all lay on the floor. After eating and drinking, I slept peacefully, and the next day at dawn, I finished cleaning up and went on the road again.

In this way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, which was calculated as the speed of a rapid march, and finally arrived outside Chengdu after eight days.

On the afternoon of the eighth day, when it was dark, you could already see the east gate of Chengdu City. Captain Lu ordered everyone to slow down, anyway, even if they were fast now, they wouldn't be able to get to the city before the city gate was locked. So there's no need to rush.

In the past eight days, Captain Lu has rarely told the officers and men about the specifics of the operation. And the soldiers were also accustomed to Captain Lu's taciturnity. Captain Lu doesn't talk much, but he is very sympathetic. Among all the captains, they are the best tempered, of course, in terms of ability, the captains of the Northern Army are all top. He is capable and talented, and his temper is relatively mild, and all the soldiers obey him. There are very few people who argue with him.

If Captain Lu didn't say it, they didn't dare to ask. It is their duty to point where to fight, and it is also their duty not to ask more questions that should not be asked.

But in the end, after a few dozen miles, Captain Lu opened his mouth and told them about the task: "The imperial court has set up the Prime Minister's Imperial History Yamen in Shu to rectify the officialdom in Shu and the corruption and bribery of officials and the collusion of bandits. Our trip is to cooperate with the Prime Minister's Yushi Yamen to clean up the bandits in Shu. Presumably, all of you have seen the general's brief discussion on the geography of the Central Plains, and in the brief discussion, the special situation of the mountainous land of Shu has also formed a situation where there are many bandit gangs in Shu. Therefore, our task this time is not easy, and you should not think that the battle that goes inside is easier to fight than the battle that goes out. It is true that compared with the soldiers and horses of the Wei State, the bandits of Shu may not be worth mentioning. But if compared with the soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Kingdom, whether the bandits in Shu are weak, it is not necessarily. So first of all, we must pay attention to it strategically, and don't look down on the other side before we fight, understand?"

"Understood, sir. All the soldiers responded.

Captain Lu was silent for a moment, and then said, "We have to go to the Prime Minister's Yamen first to report to Lord Yushi, I have something to remind you." The identity of this Lord Yushi is relatively special, he is a member of our Northern Army, he was, is, and will always be. You all know each other. But I have to remind you, when the time comes, let me be honest, don't be as rude as when you were in the barracks, if anyone falls into the prestige of the Imperial History, they will be subject to military law, do you hear!"

"Yes. At the same time that everyone said yes, everyone muttered in their hearts, the people of the Northern Army, everyone knows who? And since they are from the Northern Army, how can they become the imperial historians again? I have never heard of such an official, it is really strange.

But they didn't want to ask Captain Lu, so they had to put the question in their hearts, thinking that when they saw it, they would understand, maybe it was some old captain who had not been out of the army for a long time. The so-called soldiers of the Northern Army have been and will be soldiers of the Northern Army, this is the tradition of the Northern Army, one day the soldiers of the Northern Army, they will regard themselves as soldiers of the Northern Army for life, which is an honor, in addition, the soldiers of the Northern Army still regard you as a soldier of the Northern Army after you retire from the army, which is a kind of respect for you.

Perhaps that's what Captain Lu said.

"Captain Lu, do we have to send someone to the city to say something first, otherwise so many soldiers and horses may frighten the defenders at the head of the city. A captain reminded.

Captain Lu waved his hand: "No need, we are comfortable to spend the night outside the city, and we don't have to disturb the people in the city." ”

Everyone looked up at Jinguan City, which was already close in front of them, and the east gate had already been closed and locked after dusk. Three hundred cavalry horses arrived at a relatively high and dry grassy undermount three miles outside the east gate, next to a tributary of the Tuo River, one of the four rivers that flowed through Shudi.

The soldiers quietly washed the horse's nose and body, as serious and meticulous as serving the little daughter-in-law.

When the horses and men were washed, the soldiers tied up their horses and set up camp. The so-called encampment is nothing more than finding resilient and strong branches of trees to support the camp.

It only took a cup of tea to set up all ten tents.

Several bonfires had been lit outside, and everyone took out dry food to eat and drink, and then sat around the campfire and began to talk.

Captain Lu gathered the ten army commanders in front of him, turned out the topographic map of Shudi, and analyzed the situation in the mountains of Shudi.