From Zhenhai City to the mouth of the Tumen River, most of the area is covered with rolling hills, which means that the area is slightly flatter near the sea, and most of the indigenous tribes here used to walk along the coastline.

Because there was a natural road here, and the Goguryeo army walked along the seashore when they came, this road when they came has now naturally become the route chosen by the vast majority of Goguryeo soldiers when they were defeated.

However, it was precisely because most of the defeated Goguryeo troops fled along this route, so this was also the main direction of the Xia army's tail pursuit, and the Xia army continued to engage some broken Goguryeo soldiers along the way.

Later, many Goguryeo soldiers saw that the Xia army was in pursuit, so they simply gritted their teeth and fled to the nearby mountains under the leadership of some Baishan tribes and Beiwofu people around them, so that there were local natives who were not afraid of getting lost in the mountains and forests, and the probability of scattering and escaping was greater.

It's just that Zhang Hang and the others really don't want too many Goguryeo soldiers to escape, so they simply sent out a part of the soldiers to hunt down and kill those Goguryeo soldiers who fled into the mountains and forests, and they also have Heishui soldiers and Kuyi soldiers who are good at activities in the jungle, and they are not afraid of getting lost.

In a jungle, Huang Rui led a team of soldiers to closely pursue a group of Goguryeo soldiers, his current unit is the first division of the First Army of the East China Sea, and this time he was also ordered by Peng Cong to let him lead his colonel soldiers to chase a group of hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers into the jungle.

Huang Rui wore a military hat with lapels and big ears made of lambskin, a tight-fitting sheepskin military jacket, and a cashmere lining inside.

His ears, nose and mouth were tightly covered with a thick scarf, only one pair of eyes were exposed, and under his feet were a pair of cowhide warm toe shoes, with copper plates embedded in the thick soles, strong enough to kick a wolf to death.

At this time, Huang Rui was carrying a thick-backed horizontal knife with a length of three feet and two inches, and a military backpack that was not too small was hung on his shoulder, which was heavy and full of some canned food, dried meat, fish floss and other field military rations issued by the army, as well as some other gadgets that were convenient for field activities.

At this time, Huang Rui was pedaling two hardwood skateboards under his feet, speeding forward quickly under the action of the two skateboards, and the two people beside him were his good brothers Gu Kai and Luo Bin, and there were hundreds of skiing warriors behind him.

However, after all, this is a mountain forest, and the energy-saving skis can only be used in some places, and the soldiers still have to climb the slopes from time to time, and can only use skis on the downhill slopes and some gentle places, so the physical exertion is very high.

The Goguryeo soldiers who fled into the mountains and forests and were pursued by them were very cunning, and as soon as they entered the mountains and forests, they divided into three or four groups, and then fled in different directions.

However, Huang Rui and the others, who caught up behind, did not know whether these Goguryeo soldiers were suspicious soldiers in each way, so they could only choose a path that led directly to the soldiers in the direction of the Tongmen River to catch up.

Later, it was discovered that there were only more than 100 Goguryeo soldiers pursued by Huang Rui and others, and hundreds of other Goguryeo soldiers successfully escaped, so Huang Rui could only take the team to continue to the Tongmen River, and the large army from the main road should have arrived at the mouth of the Tongmen River at this time.

Huang Rui knew that their strategic goal this time was to drive the Goguryeo people back to the other side of the Tongmen River, and they must cut off the Goguryeo people's ambition to expand to the northeast, and at least maintain their absolute deterrent power for hundreds of miles around Zhenhai.

Moving all the way, Huang Rui sighed in his heart, since joining Jiang Chuan's team, because this team was full of some veteran soldiers in the past, no matter how hard Huang Rui tried himself, he was always just an lieutenant, and he could never be promoted again if he was promoted to Xuanjie lieutenant.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the reason why Huang Rui is reluctant to leave Jiangchuan's First Army, otherwise Huang Rui can be promoted to another level in any newly formed team, but because there are too many veterans and old qualifications in the First Army, especially the First Division, many of them have been fighting in the army since Wang Ze's attack on Tamluo Island, so Huang Rui has not been promoted and no one is to blame.

Fortunately, in the spring of this year, because of the reorganization of the army in the East China Sea, a large number of veterans of the First Army have retired home to enjoy life, so Huang Rui finally became a captain, although he is only the lowest-level lieutenant, but he can also command a battalion of men, and he has 1,500 men and horses under his hands.

And Huang Rui's elder brothers, Gu Kai and Luo Bin, could have also become the deputy of the battalion officer, but because they were unwilling to part with their big brother, they continued to serve as lieutenants under Huang Rui, but the military rank also became the deputy lieutenant of Xuanjie, so they almost became lieutenants.

Although they couldn't go further, the two felt that as long as they could be with their eldest brother Huang Rui, they were very satisfied, and they didn't care about anything else.

The slopes of the mountains in winter are very difficult to climb, in addition to the heavy snow on the mountains, the most important thing is that many low-lying places are filled in by heavy snow, it is difficult to distinguish the dangerous places, and it is easy to get snow blindness when moving in the snow for a long time, so these soldiers have to look at the black trees or green pine trees under Huang Rui's reminder every time they walk, and only continue to march after recovering their eyesight.

For Huang Rui's soldiers, it is from the bottom of his heart that Huang Rui personally walked in front of him along the way, and he almost had an accident several times, but fortunately, in order to be safe, Gu Kai and Luo Bin each tied a rope to Huang Rui, which pulled him up. Wonderful Pen Court

When Huang Rui panted and climbed over a mountain range and reached the highest peak, everyone could use skis to skate, which could greatly save the physical strength of the soldiers, and the walking speed was faster, but someone had to explore the road in advance.

Just as Huang Rui put on his skis and was about to be the first to slide down, he was suddenly stopped by Luo Bin, and then he heard Gu Kai say: "Big brother, you take a rest first, I'll walk for you!" As he spoke, he only saw Gu Kai's figure flashing, and he slid down the hillside like the wind.

The smooth figure flashed like a lightning speed on the long hillside, leaving behind a long series of scratches and Gu Kai's strange screams, and it didn't take long for Gu Kai to slide seven or eight miles away before slowly stopping.

It seems that this slope is still very suitable for skiing, and you can slide out seven or eight miles just by gravity conversion, and if you use manpower to slide, you can go out at least ten miles, and then it will be the next section of the hill to climb.

"Hurry, hurry! The brothers in the back hurry up and keep up, don't be left behind! ”

Huang Rui looked at the soldiers who were still climbing the hillside and shouted, "The brothers of the Blue Wolf Army have long followed the footprints of the Goguryeo people, that is, you guys are too dragging their feet, otherwise we can all cut off a few more heads now."

Hearing Huang Rui's shouting, the soldiers still climbed unhurriedly, not because these people were unwilling to listen to Huang Rui's words, but because the more they climbed the mountain in winter, the more they had to climb unhurriedly, otherwise it would be easy for the soles of their feet to slip, and it would not be a person's business if something happened.

After the soldiers at the front climbed to the highest peak, Huang Rui asked these soldiers to rest for a while, and after a stick of incense, under his command, a group of soldiers was arranged to slide down every ten breaths, so that the soldiers in front and behind would not collide, and under such a rhythm, the army soon moved forward for dozens of miles.

"Second brother, is there an echo from the scout in front of you?" After sliding for dozens of miles, Huang Rui ordered the team of thousands of people to start resting, Luo Bin went to organize the soldiers to make food and eat, and he pulled Gu Kai, who was in charge of the former army outpost, and asked, In this environment, the importance of scouts is self-evident.

Gu Kai was also in a hurry to catch up and tired all the way, and when he heard Huang Rui's question, he gasped and said weakly: "There is no reply yet, but now the Goguryeo people can't escape, where do they still have the courage to continue to fight with us, two hours ago, there was a scout who came to report that everything was normal!" ”

"Two hours!" Huang Rui muttered, "It shouldn't be, it is said that we have been chasing for more than a day now, even if it is less than a hundred miles away from the mouth of the Tongmen River in Goguryeo, they should come back anyway?" ”

However, at this time, Huang Rui saw that the number of soldiers in the army was much less, and immediately frowned, the situation of this army falling behind was too serious, the original team of 1,500 people, now there are only more than 1,200 people left, and more than 200 people are left behind.

It seems that there are many advantages and disadvantages of reorganizing the army at the beginning, but now the disadvantages are obvious, after a large number of veterans of the First Army were discharged, because of the influx of a large number of new soldiers, the overall combat effectiveness of the army has declined very much, which is far worse than the original First Army!

Huang Rui thought in his heart, after going back, he must talk to General Jiang about this matter, and restore the combat effectiveness of the army no matter what, otherwise this army will be finished if it goes on like this, and only by maintaining a certain number of battles every year can there be an army with strong combat effectiveness.

Just when Huang Rui was thinking a lot in his heart, he suddenly saw several soldiers from the front army who were shouldering the heavy responsibility of scouting and actually carried a soldier covered in blood and walked over, Huang Rui hurriedly checked that this soldier turned out to be a soldier of the Blue Wolf Army, what was going on?

Huang Rui was immediately alert, he also knew that this place was very close to the large plain on the north bank of the Tongmen River, and according to the speed of the armies that marched from the sea before, they should have arrived at the Tongmen River a long time ago, could it be that they were ambushed by the Goguryeos?

Huang Rui hurriedly asked the scouts, "Brothers, what's going on?" Where did you find this Blue Wolf brother? ”

The head of the scout Shi Chang didn't even have time to wash the blood on his hands just now with snow at this time, and after hearing Huang Rui's inquiry, he just shook his head and said: "Just now I walked nearly ten miles forward with my brothers, but before we could get close to the plain, we saw several brothers being besieged by a group of Baishan tribe people, but in the end only this one was rescued, except for this brother who still had a tone, all the others died, a total of twelve people!" ”

Huang Rui immediately took a breath of cold air, most of the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Army were veterans, and they were all selected soldiers from Orion, so their combat effectiveness was very strong, and when they were reorganized this year, a large number of Kuyi people and Beji Heishui soldiers were incorporated into it, and their combat effectiveness was even stronger.

But now there are so many of them dead at once, and aren't they moving with the army? Why did you suddenly appear here?

After thinking about it for a long time, the scout Shi Chang suddenly said: "I remember, when I just rescued him, it seemed that I wanted to report to the army, saying that there was a Goguryeo army hiding somewhere near the Tongmen River, and that it was the general of Goguryeo who led the army or something!" ”

After Huang Rui, Gu Kai and Luo Bin glanced at each other, they suddenly sighed in their hearts, 'It's not good, the Goguryeo people are really cheating!' ’