Datang New Order

After dawn, Jiadu continued to march, and according to Li Chengzhong's request, each group continued to march and compete.This time the gangs learned to be good, although they still ran wildly at the beginning, they were not as scattered as yesterday.Li Chengzhong still jogged with Jiang Miao, and arrived first in the first ten miles.

Followed by Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao, the two seemed to have made an agreement, starting together, resting together, and arriving together, there was a faint posture of two groups changing into one.

Next came Zhong Silang's men. After they arrived, Zhong Silang gathered the whole group of brothers together, muttering something in a low voice.

Wang Dalang's men were the sixth to arrive, and this time they did not lose one more person. Wang Dalang finally breathed a sigh of relief this time, and came to express his gratitude to Li Chengzhong with a playful smile.But Li Chengzhong gave him a blank stare: "Come talk to me after you get the top five."

In the second ten miles, when everyone ran out, Li Chengzhong found that Zhong Silang's men were following behind him in a leisurely manner.He didn't care about them, just ran slowly with Jiang Miao, and then one by one overtook the guys who ran ahead.When Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao arrived at the finish line of the second ten-mile field, they looked back and saw that all ten members of Zhong Silang's group had arrived, and this time they got the first place.

Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao were a little dumbfounded when they arrived, so the two brothers quietly came to find out what happened to Zhong Silang, Zhong Silang didn't hide, and said: "Brother Meng, Brother Jiao, who do you think is the first to arrive every time?" ?”

Jiao Chengqiao said: "It's XX and Meng Da, they were overtaken by you guys this time, so XX came here to ask."

Zhong Silang sneered twice, Meng Xuxing came to his senses, and gave Jiao Chengqiao a shudder: "Stupid! The first ones to arrive are of course Li Dutou and Captain Jiang!"

Zhong Silang said: "Yes, so I thought about it, since we can't escape Li Dutou and Captain Jiang no matter what, we should just follow them."

Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao nodded again and again, and they also went down to discuss with their brothers in whispers.

After resting for half an hour, continue to start the third ten-mile march.This time, there were two more men, Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao, who followed behind Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao without running wildly.At first, Wang Dalang called Quan Huo'er to run forward, but when he looked back, he saw the brothers of the three guys following behind Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao, looking unhurried.He froze for a moment, patted his forehead, cursed himself "idiot", and quickly told his brothers to slow down and follow.This time Wang Dalang finally got his wish and led his brothers into the top four.

Before setting off in the morning, Li Chengzhong ordered everyone to bring a bread in advance. At noon, Jiadu had marched for thirty miles and had already left the civilian convoy far behind, so he asked everyone to take out the bread and eat lunch.In this era, only two meals are eaten, one in the morning and one in the evening.Everyone didn't have the habit of eating lunch, but after running for [-] miles in the morning, they were all tired and hungry, and suddenly felt that the bread was so sweet and delicious.

After resting for an hour, Li Chengzhong waved Jiadu to go again.This time all the brothers learned how to be good, followed behind Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao, and ran away without daring to start.Li Chengzhong didn't run anymore, he just quickened his pace and marched at the pace of "walking fast", so all the gangs followed closely "walking fast".It’s just that everyone doesn’t have much experience in “fast walking”. Some people learn to walk forward, but they look decent, while some people are a little bit like a toddler, and often trip their own feet. Some simply ran for two steps, then stopped and walked for two steps, and the whole team was in a mess.

Strange to say, although this way of walking looks slow, it is actually not much slower than jogging, and I don't feel as tired as before, so I actually walked fifteen miles in one breath.When it was time to rest, everyone dispersed, moving their ankles around, and only sat down when the activities started. …,

At this moment, there are still fifteen miles away from Yuguan, and no one is quite clear about the situation at the Guancheng.Jiang Miao came to Li Chengzhong's side and reminded in a low voice, "Li Lang, do you want to send a few people to investigate first?"

Li Chengzhong nodded. He really needed to send a few people to check the situation first. If there were Hu people stationed in Yuguan, it would be too late even if he foolishly ran into it head-on.

Jiang Miao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "If someone goes, it's more dangerous." Jiang Miao was afraid that no one would dare to go when Li Chengzhong gave the order.

Li Chengzhong smiled: "No need." After finishing speaking, he got up, summoned all the gang leaders, and said: "There is still ten miles left, I will wait for everyone there, and the first ones, I will allow them to come forward first." Go out to Yuguan to investigate the enemy's situation! How about it? Whether you can get this opportunity depends on your ability."

Hearing that Li Chengzhong was going to reward No.1, all the gang leaders were gearing up and screaming one after another.

Zhong Silang said: "Just watch Dutou, someone will be the first to arrive!"

Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao said angrily: "You haven't run away yet, Zhong Silang, you dare to boast! Why are you the first?"

Wang Dalang also jumped on his feet and said: "Dutou! This time someone must be the first! Definitely the first!"

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Jiang Miao watched from the sidelines, feeling a little dazed, why do everyone think that something dangerous is a good thing?

This time Li Chengzhong asked Jiang Miao to stay here to wait for the civilian convoy, and set out on the road alone.He quickened his pace from the beginning, much faster than last time.All the gangs were affected by Li Chengzhong's change of marching rhythm, and began to run wildly. Only Zhong Silang still led his gang, marched at the previous speed, and finally won the first place.

Looking at the joyous Zhong Silang and his gang, the brothers in each gang were a little discouraged, so they could only stay where they were, enviously looking at Zhong Silang and others who were excitedly heading to Yuguan to investigate the situation.

When it was getting dark, a brother from Zhong Silang's gang came back panting and reported everything to Li Chengzhong.It turned out that there was no one in Yuguan, and no Hu people were stationed there, but the city wall was a little dilapidated.The brother also told Li Chengzhong that Zhong Silang had already led his brothers into Guancheng when he saw that no one was guarding him.

Li Chengzhong felt relieved, and immediately ordered Jiadu to pack up and set off.The resting place was less than five miles away from Yuguan Guancheng, and Jia had all entered the Guancheng before dark.Calculated, it is more than enough for Jiadu to march [-] miles in a day, and it is already the peak speed of marching in this era without knowing it.But Li Chengzhong was not satisfied. In his cognition, marching a hundred miles a day is a satisfactory rapid marching speed.

Because it was getting late, he just inspected the pass city roughly, and then ordered each gang to station in sections, arranged for night watchmen, and rested on the top of the city that night.

Early the next morning, Li Chengzhong walked around, and the situation in Yuguan was roughly clear.In Li Chengzhong's estimate, Yuguan should be the Shanhaiguan Pass in later generations, which is the easternmost end of the Great Wall.The Guancheng stretches from the Great Wall to the sea, but it does not extend to the sea like the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, but a Guancheng is formed at a gap in the sea, blocking the passage into Pingzhou.

Li Chengzhong visited Shanhaiguan before crossing, and saw the well-equipped military fortress. Compared with Shanhaiguan, the main facilities of Yuguan are not so complicated.The entire pass consists of two parts, one is the main pass stuck in the gap, and the other is the fortress built on a small hill next to the main pass.The main gate is on the front, and the fortress is condescending and cooperates from the side. The fortress and the main gate are connected by a long wall, and they can support each other at any time.The city below Guancheng is not flat, and it cannot be pulled over by cloud chariots, rushing chariots, or catapults. It is much more difficult to attack the city with wooden ladders and ants, because the city wall of Yuguan is higher than that of Weizhou. Judging from this situation, Yuguan is indeed a majestic pass that is difficult to conquer. …,

The Khitans obviously set a fire after breaking through the Yu Pass, and it looked like it had been burned everywhere. The closed gate had been burnt to a pile of ashes, the gate was wide open, and the gate tower on the closed wall had been completely burnt to pieces. shelf.Fortunately, the main walls are all made of large stones. This fire did not cause much damage to Yuguan. It can continue to be used only by repairing the gate and the tower.

At this moment, a figure loomed from the fortress, and an old soldier with a gray beard ran out crying and howling, and was stopped by the leader of Wang Dalang.There is still someone hiding on it!Li Chengzhong was in a cold sweat instantly, if the Khitans were hiding here last night, wouldn't it be...

He signaled to Wang Dalang to let him go, the old soldier came to him, and explained the matter with trembling lips, Li Chengzhong suddenly understood what was going on.

Yuguan was not breached by the Khitans, but was let in by the defenders.According to the old army, there were more than 20 Khitan rangers chasing a group of fleeing people to the gate of the pass. The team guarding Yuguan saw that the Khitan rangers were still far away from the people, and there was enough time to open the switch to enter. close the door.But who knew that there were a few Khitan people mixed among these people, they broke in on the spot and boarded the pass directly.Dozens of old and weak town soldiers at the top of the city could not stop these wolf-like Khitans, and they were killed in a blink of an eye. .

After the Khitan came in, they slaughtered all the soldiers in the town, looted all the goods and utensils in Yuguan, drove hundreds of people who were hiding in the pass, and turned around leisurely outside the pass. put on fire.Fortunately, there was a hollow on the cliff outside the fortress that could accommodate one person. The old soldier hid in it in desperation, and escaped unharmed.He hid inside but didn't dare to come out. He was really frightened when he saw Brother Jiadu enter the customs last night. After dawn today, he saw clearly that he was one of his own people, so he finally came out.

Li Chengzhong comforted the old army, and then called all the chiefs of Jiadu for a meeting.

"The Khitan people have already sensed our weakness. They are trying to attack the city and want to see our reaction." Zhong Silang thought for a while.

"After seeing our banner, the Khitan people should come again. They want to know if we can still fight." Meng Xuxing said.

"Should I also go out to investigate? See what the Khitan people are like?" Wang Dalang suggested.

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Listening to everyone's suggestions, a line of defense was gradually outlined.Li Chengzhong decided to seize the time to train the queue. No matter what, before repairing the closed door and the drawbridge, A can face the enemy with a complete queue. In other words, at least the surface must be glamorous!Now the Khitan people are still a little confused about Lu Longjun's situation, and hope that their armor can deter the next wave of Khitan people's offensive, at least until the reinforcements from the military envoy Zhou Zhiyu arrive.