Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 400
Song Chen did not introduce the reconnaissance battalion in detail, but only told that it was the strongest unit in the army that fell into the formation. The Pang De brothers trusted Song Chen very much now, and allocated horses according to his request without further investigation.

Song Chen first arranged for the two horses to be broken, and then sent people to accompany the two horses to report to Jiameng Pass.

"I see that General Song looks confident. Could it be that Mr. Xuan Xiao also has arrangements in Jiameng Pass?" Pound looked puzzled.

Song Chen smiled mysteriously: "You will know soon."

Pang De ordered people to take dry food, and then drove the food and grass along the Jinniu Road. After walking for fifty miles in one day, he arranged for people to rest in a mountain depression as soon as night fell.

Pang Rou immediately arranged for the soldiers to take pots to cook, but was stopped by Song Chen again.

"What does General Song mean?" Pang Rou asked puzzled.

"Eat dry food first when you are hungry. Before my scouts come back, you must not bury the pot for cooking." Song Chen insisted.

"Why?" Pang Rou was very puzzled.

Song Chen frowned and explained: "If Zhang Lu sends troops to pursue him, he will definitely make moves within today. Let's wait for the news for now."

"If Zhang Lu really sent troops to chase after him, he should have abandoned the grain truck and fled alone. What does it have to do with our cooking fire?" Pang De was also very puzzled.

"My rule in the reconnaissance battalion is that if you want to avoid being discovered by the enemy, you must not leave traces, otherwise you will be in danger if you expose your whereabouts. As long as you light a fire and cook, you will definitely leave traces. If the opponent uses all their cavalry to pursue them, they may not be able to catch up. We, who didn't have enough horses at that time, who stayed to resist on foot?" Song Chen shook his head.

Pang Rou sighed speechlessly: "General Song is too careful, Zhang Lu may not be able to catch up, and if we are really worried about chasing troops, we should have abandoned the grain cart long ago and traveled at least ten miles a day when we traveled lightly. "

"Leaving the grain carts is leaving traces. At that time, chasing the army will be even more desperate. How can walking be compared to riding a horse? Once two people are caught alive and go back, we have no problem, and Yang Song will be exposed." Song Song Chen said worriedly.

Pang De was puzzled: "Why did General Song protect Yang Song? This man is insidious and cunning, and he regards money as his life. He is not a kind person."

"This man is still very useful, but you don't have to worry at all. If the situation is really urgent, I will let everyone abandon the grain truck." Song Chen continued to explain.

Pang De didn't know why Lantian kept Yangsong, but out of trust in Song Chen, he didn't ask any more questions, and then let the soldiers snuggle up and rest where they were, and used the mountain spring water they brought to feed their hunger with dry food.

This time I pretended to escape without preparing tents and quilts, so I could only sleep in the open among the mountains at night, with the cool wind whizzing past my ears, and it was not as warm as walking when I was quiet.

The night fell slowly, and the moon, which was rounder and brighter than that of Shangyuan night, rose. About an hour later, the sound of horseshoes sounded in the mountain road, and the scouts behind Song Chen came back.

They brought back very unexpected news. Sure enough, Zhang Lu sent cavalry to Jinniu Road to pursue them, and they were only thirty miles away.

After hearing this, Pang Rou's back felt cold, and he stammered, "If General Song hadn't been cautious, we would have been in trouble, but with the marching speed of the cavalry, we can catch up with us later tomorrow, should we continue our journey overnight?"

"Let's go. Fortunately, there was no fire just now." Pound immediately let the brigade continue to set off, and Song Chen changed people to continue monitoring at the back, allowing them to continue to maintain their intelligence advantage and provide support for the subsequent marching deployment.

More than a hundred people continued on their way without stopping, until the garrison rested at noon the next day, everyone was already very tired, and the information from later became more and more unfavorable, and the distance between the two sides from thirty miles was gradually narrowing.

Thirty miles

25 ri
twenty miles

When Pang De and others stopped, there was only a gap of ten miles left. They had to make a choice now. Not only were they going to discard the food, but they also had to abandon nearly fifty Xiliang soldiers. Exposure is no longer within the scope of everyone's consideration.

In a desperate situation, everyone wants to live. Xiliang soldiers want to ride horses into Yizhou. After discussing with several major generals, they decided to cast lots with small stones on the side of the road. Those who lose can only follow behind to survive. self-destruct.

Looking at the desperate eyes of the soldiers who failed to cast lots, Pang Rou asked Song Chen: "General Song is very resourceful, can you think of another way? You promised to take everyone away."

"It's true that I didn't think carefully. My husband once told me to keep the time gap longer. I really didn't expect Zhang Lu to be so good at using troops." Song Chen blamed himself.

Pang De comforted: "Now the situation is very good. Who would have thought that Zhang Lu would see through such a clever scheme."

Da da da

Just as the Xiliang soldiers were casting lots to ask whether they would stay or not, there was a sudden sound of eager horseshoes in the valley ahead, and Song Chen's followers were the first to become vigilant.

Pang Rou and Pang De stood on the side of the road and watched, only to see a group of soldiers and horses appearing at the corner, and the riders in front were carrying a big banner with the word Deng.

Song Chen was as happy as seeing his relatives. He pointed to those soldiers and horses and said to Pang Rou and Pang De: "This is Deng Shizai, a disciple passed on by Mr. personally. Don't give up."

"Mr. Xuan Xiao is indeed a strange person." Pang Rou couldn't help but sigh.

Deng Ai's team soon arrived in front of him, and he got off his horse and respectfully saluted everyone, "You generals have worked hard all the way, Deng Ai was ordered by his teacher to come to meet him."

Pang De and others hurriedly clasped their fists in return, and Song Chen, as an intermediary, made an introduction to both parties.

"Zhang Lu's pursuers are already ten miles away. Do you think we should abandon the grain truck and hurry up?" Song Chen saw that Deng Ai had only a hundred riders to rescue him, and felt that the total force was not as strong as Yang Ren's pursuers, and Pang De's The Xiliang soldiers are completely exhausted now. If they were replaced by a hundred scouts, they could fight back.

Deng Ai observed the surrounding geographical conditions, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "It is not easy to transport these grains so far away, so naturally we need to take them all back. You escort the grain trucks and continue to move forward. I will stay here to buy time. Reinforcements will follow shortly."

"Shi Zai, according to the information given by the scouts, there are still four or five hundred pursuers behind. Is it too reluctant for you to have less than a hundred horses?" Song Chen kindly reminded.

Deng Ai said with a smile, "Don't worry, Colonel Song, I have my sense of proportion."

"Alright then." Song Chen didn't persuade much, and led the army with Pang De and Pang Rou to continue on their way.

When the Xiliang soldiers escorted the grain and grass carts to pass the corner, Song Chen found that Deng Ai seemed to be setting up a battlefield. He sent a small group of people to carry the flags and climb up the slope to the hillside beside the road.

"What is he doing?" Pang De asked very curiously when he saw Song Chen standing in the same place.

Song Chen shook his head, "It may be some way to retreat from the enemy, you two generals lead the army first, I want to stay and let the little general hold the line."

Pang De was also interested. He patted Pang Rou on the shoulder and said, "Brother, take them away first, and General Song and I will stay."

(End of this chapter)