The army travels, all kinds of things, it is very troublesome, this is a domestic march, the whole army goes there, you can requisition the people to serve at any time, let the local government supply grain and grass, even so, still bring more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, after leaving Beijing, the whole army is in good spirits, the speed is very fast, even so, in a morning, only walked less than fifty miles, and the speed of walking is slower, morale is obviously low. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In spring, the climate is good, and it is suitable for driving, but Ding Yi is not in a good mood, and he is not in the mood to enjoy the tender green spring color all the way. Because this is obviously not good, Xu Du to Guangling is more than 600 kilometers, if the factors of the ground type are counted, there are mountains and rivers, how can it be calculated according to 900 kilometers, the most pitiful thing is that the Xu Du court has been in war for many years, financial constraints, never considered the establishment of a naval army, there is no boat at all, the best water along the road can not be used, Ding Yi simply calculated that this army can walk 50 kilometers a day at most, this is the ideal state, more than 600 kilometers at least 20 days, a little careless, 30 days have passed!

At noon, when the whole army was resting and starting, Ding Yi ordered his own soldiers to send orders to the commanders of all departments, and gathered in the Chinese army for a meeting to discuss the next walk!

"How many horses are there in the whole army, can you ride south, and a small number of men and horses will go to support Guangling first?" Ding Yi was a little anxious, and after the generals converged, he directly made a request.

"There are more than 10,000 horses including pack horses, and the light riding army may not be as fast as the infantry!" Zhang Liao was the first to answer, and the first sentence was to object, and then he explained carefully, Ding Yi only then understood that the war horse is delicate, used for short-distance charges, and the rapid march in a short time is okay, and the speed of a long-distance march of hundreds of miles is not as good as that of the infantry, not to mention that the forage and other things of the war horse are unlikely to be fully prepared by the local government, so it is not very realistic to let the light horse go first.

After careful explanation, Ding Yi understood why all the cavalry were leading horses on foot just now, and it turned out that they had to cherish horsepower, which is also why the nomads had contacts with the Han farming civilization in battle, and the Mengyuan cavalry of later generations, that is, the BUG of the times, fought all over Europe and Asia, and it broke out for various historical reasons, and it will definitely not be able to do it now.

"Wouldn't it be better to have all the horses together, one man and three horses?"

"It's better to let some of the elite infantry advance lightly, without food, and ask for food from the local counties along the road, maybe you can hurry up!" Several veteran generals heard Ding Yi say that one person and three horses, or shook their heads in unison, if they really run hard, they can be much faster, even if they get to the local horses, they are all wasted, and their final suggestion is to concentrate some of the elite infantry, and they can rush to Guangling in ten days.

Time can not be delayed on the road, in the end Ding Yi decided, by himself to lead a large group of men and horses to Xuzhou to go east, Zhang Liao and Song Xian selected 5,000 infantry and more than 1,000 cavalry (one person with three horses), without baggage, full speed south to Guangling County to support Chen Deng, to resist Sun Ce's invasion in advance. According to the estimation of Zhang Liao and others, if they only brought weapons and two days' rations, and with the cooperation of local counties and counties along the way, they could travel about 150 kilometers a day, and they could reach Guangling in about seven or eight days.

In the afternoon of the same day, they stopped in the same place, deployed the men and horses, Zhang Liao and Song Xian led 6,000 men and horses as the vanguard, and marched in the direction of Guangling in the southeast first.

Under the leadership of Ding Yi, the whole army brigade became the front army, Wei Xu was the rear team, and Cen Ning was the middle army, and advanced directly to the east of Xuzhou, he wanted to escort Xun You to seize the military and political power of Xuzhou.

When the troops were moving forward, Zhu Miao, who was sent to Xuzhou by the cabinet in advance to liaise, found the army to conquer the south and reported to Ding Yi that Xuzhou was now engaged in the affairs of Mi Zhu as the general commander of the state, and Mi Fang was appointed as the soldier Cao in charge of the military, and Sun Qian was appointed as the chief secretary, Wang Lang, Chen Jiao, Zhao Yu and others were assigned to each position.

Zhu Miao was originally a member of Cao Cao's secret spy department, and was directly responsible for Guo Jia before, and the secret spy department was a professional organization for Cao Cao's subordinates to investigate the size of the state, Cao Cao and Guo Jia died suddenly, Xun Yu knew a lot about this institution, after some discussion and communication, the secret spy department took refuge in the imperial court, and now directly under the cabinet, Zhu Miao is responsible for the affairs of Xuzhou.

Ding Yi asked how Lu Zhu was, and Zhu Miao spoke highly of him, saying that he was graceful and generous, honest and elegant, an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and good at riding and shooting! The Elk family had a very good family education, and most of the men in his family had made achievements in both the civil and military fields, and Lu Zhu's younger brother Lu Fang was very good at martial arts, and Liu Bei specially appointed this person to be in charge of Xuzhou's military affairs.

Elk Zhu has been operating reclamation for generations, raising servants and diners of nearly 10,000 people, with assets of hundreds of millions, Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu and Cao Cao, he has sent Liu Bei several times to Ding over 5,000 people in the army, with accurate vision and wrists, Cao Cao once recruited this person as an official, this person refused, only followed Liu Bei, loyal and loyal!

When talking about whether Xuzhou is monolithic and whether there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, Zhu Miao smiled, he said that the Elk family has been in business for generations, and the social status is not high, and when it comes to the Elk Zhu generation, although Elk Zhu is very good at being a man, and has won the trust of two generations of Zhou Mu Taoqian and Liu Bei, but the big clans in Xuzhou such as the Wang family, the Chen family, the Cao family, and the Zhao family all have a lot of opinions, not to mention that Sun Qian and Jian Yong are fortunate to enter, and the major clans in Xuzhou are not convinced, so as long as Xun Yu arrives and supports the major clans, Liu Bei's power should be dissipated immediately, and the most worrying thing is that Elfang is in charge of military power!

Xun You's face was sad, and he said to Ding Yi in private: "The cabinet has repeatedly discussed to crack down on the power of the family, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the future is not far away, the family only uses the private interests of the family to carry out the merger, which is really a great harm to the country!"

However, for Ding Yi, the easier it is to solve Liu Bei's forces, the better, and the family will slowly use political means to engage in it in the future, it will not be a year or two of work, and he will have already left the Han Dynasty at that time.

On the fifth day after the brigade left Xudu, it marched to the vicinity of Mangdang Mountain, the road was narrow, and the team hurried forward in four columns.

Turning a mountain hollow, suddenly the front army stopped, the entire army was affected, stopped on the mountain road, the Chinese army under Ding Yi's personal order, seized the nearby high places, ordered the guards to reconnoiter the situation on all sides, and some guards ran back after the front outpost, and reported to Ding: "Report to the general, the front army has surrounded a white-robed young general, and there is a dispute!"

Xun You smiled at Ding: "General, it's the first time I've heard that one person can stop a troop, this Hou Cheng said that he was one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu back then, how to deal with military affairs and drag mud and water, the name does not match!"

Seeing that Ding Yi looked at himself, the sentry detective had a strange face, and said: "General Hou was captured as a hostage, and the former army threw a rat trap, although he surrounded that person, it was not easy to do it!"