Horse on the World

Chapter 485 Three Hundred Miles in Three Days

In the darkness of night, navy ships dropped anchor in a hidden bend of the river like ghosts. Groups of soldiers walked out of the ships and quickly lined up on the river beach. One group was assembled, and there was no call for mobilization. , and there was no noise and noise, and they moved forward immediately.Behind them, another phalanx quickly began to gather.

They are the Marine Corps affiliated to the Dingzhou Navy. This time, the five thousand Marine Corps are assembled to take on the important task of seizing Linzhao County in Shunzhou and cutting off Lu Weixiong's retreat. You have to walk three hundred miles, and you have to fight all the way.

The Navy Marine Corps is different from other Dingzhou elites. Due to their long-term cooperation with the Navy to carry out combat missions, the entire army is not equipped with horses. That is to say, for the three hundred miles, they have to spread their feet and run all the way. .Even if you don't count the local garrisons who have to wipe out several groups of enemies along the way, the task of driving a hundred miles a day can be regarded as extremely difficult.

But an order is an order, and once it is issued, there is no room for change. What is left to the Marine Corps is how to overcome difficulties, complete this task, and stop Lu Weixiong at Linzhao.

In order to minimize the burden on their bodies, all members of the Marine Corps took off their armor, and only brought necessary weapons, a bag of dried meat specially made by the army as dry food and a leather bag of water.

"Zhiqiang, the task this time is very difficult, are you confident to complete it?" Zheng Zhiyuan asked worriedly while holding the hand of his younger brother Zheng Zhiqiang.

Squeezing big brother's big callused hand heavily, Zheng Zhiqiang said with a relaxed smile: "Brother, don't worry, if anyone can complete this task, there will be no one except my navy and land battles." People can do it. Ha, big brother, if I finish this blow beautifully, the commander will definitely be promoted to my rank again. Well, I am already a general. If I go further, I will catch up with you. Brother, you have to work hard!"

Zheng Zhiyuan was a little dumbfounded, but his younger brother seemed very careless about such an important task, and he was still in the mood to joke with himself, and slapped him on the head, "What's the matter, it's going to turn the world upside down, it's because you will do better than your brother in the future!" Daddy, I'll take care of you when I get home."

Zheng Zhiqiang stuck out his tongue, made a face at his elder brother, turned around and strode out of the cabin: "Brother, just wait for my good news!"

Zheng Zhiqiang's Marine Corps has four brigades, each with 1000 and 200 people, and a reconnaissance unit directly under Zheng Zhiqiang. If the four brigades line up in a straight line in time, they will travel along the official road to save time. Running wildly forward, there was no intention of covering up his whereabouts at all.

We have to fight for time and seize Linzhao before the other party sends the news, so there is no need to hide, go forward, brothers, we are the thunderbolt, we are the lightning, we are the hurricane, we are omnipotent The torrential torrent smashed all the roadblocks in front of us into a mess, occupied Linzhao, and then cut off the head of Lu Weixiong to use as a chamber pot.Zheng Zhiqiang roared in front of all the officers.

The marines lowered their heads and ran along the official road. Their officers ran at the front of the team. Except for the sound of panting, there was no noise. All the people put their strength on the way forward .

In the early hours of the morning, the First Brigade arrived in Laiwu County, and the Laiwu defenders who had just received the news only had time to put on their clothes and raise their weapons.

The marines that followed didn't even glance at Laiwu where the battle was taking place. They swept past Laiwu like a strong wind and went straight forward.In Zheng Zhiqiang's view, although there are one or two thousand defenders in Laiwu, the strength of which is more than twice that of the first brigade, but if the navy and marines have the advantage of raiding and cannot swallow all these fish in one go, then the captain of the first brigade You should beat yourself to death with a piece of tofu.

The facts were exactly as Zheng Zhiqiang expected. The resistance of the Laiwu defenders only lasted for less than an hour. After the main general was beheaded with a knife, nearly two thousand defenders collapsed. Most of these defenders were When the local people saw that something was going wrong, they threw away their weapons and ran wildly across the mountains and plains. They were familiar with the terrain, and as long as they escaped from the battlefield, they would be safe and sound.

And the first brigade had no intention of chasing them at all. They broke through the barracks, burned the barracks into a sea of ​​flames, and hurriedly buried the brothers who died in battle on the spot. Go forward and catch up with the big troops.

The same story happened again in the afternoon of the second day. When the first brigade arrived at Laixi, the second county town on the way, the second brigade was madly attacking the Laixi garrison barracks, and Zheng Zhiqiang's large troops had already Pass Laixi and only run to the third goal, Laiyang.The first brigade ignored the second brigade, let go of their feet, and chased after the big brigade.

I only sleep for two hours a day and one night, and then I have to travel endlessly, fight, and even eat and drink water during the march. As for the convenience and simplicity, the two sides of the road are covered with sky, vast, and so high-intensity Even the elites of the Navy and Marine Corps finally felt tired, and everyone's eyes were bloodshot. At this time, it was not physical strength, but perseverance and faith.They rushed to Linzhao, blocked Lu Weixiong's escape route, and then cut off his head to use as a chamber pot. Whenever they could not hold on anymore, everyone would say a few words in their hearts, and bring up the breath that was about to let go.

But they are not iron men after all, and in the end quite a few people were left behind. It is absolutely impossible for the large army to stop and wait for them at this time. Those who left behind can only rest for a while, then get up, chase, sometimes single-handedly, Sometimes in groups of three or five.

At this time, on the road from Laiwu, Laiyang, and Laixi to Linzhao, a strange scene appeared. There were often three or five groups of Dingzhou soldiers who charged the hordes of soldiers, but the numbers were overwhelming. What the defenders were thinking was not to fight back and wipe out the enemy. Their reaction was astonishing. They ran away. Three or five people shouted, thinking that dozens of people and hundreds of people would charge and drive the opponent like a duck. The scene is weird and fun.

The local guards were completely gutted by these powerful troops.At this time, the Marine Corps had already passed Lacey, but the messengers of the three attacked local defenders were far behind, and some even found a place to hide. What about those soldiers who are like wolves and tigers?After finally escaping, he didn't want to lose his life in a daze.

In the early morning of the third day, a few hours before dawn, the marines led by Zheng Zhiqiang finally arrived at a village less than ten miles away from Linzhao. Here, it is absolutely impossible to arrive before noon tomorrow, which made Zheng Zhiqiang heave a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt his legs were as heavy as lead, and an unspeakable exhaustion hit him.

"The order is for the whole army to rest for two hours. Each brigade will assign 100 people to guard, and I will gather all the people in this village into that ancestral hall to guard them, and they will not be released until we start attacking."

There are less than [-] people in this small village with only dozens of households. After being driven into the ancestral hall, everyone was panicked and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. Occasionally, children opened their mouths to cry and were immediately covered. Mouth, forcefully swallowed the loud cry back into the stomach.

Except for the loud snoring, the whole village was silent for a while. Before the army entered the village, those barking dogs had already been dead on the ground. , leaning against the wall, tilted his head, and fell into a deep sleep. In the whole village, only a few hundred vigilant soldiers were separated to keep their eyelids fighting up and down, guarding the safety of the entire army.

An hour later, the letter incense burned to the end, and the fire reached Zheng Zhiqiang's fingers. With a sizzling sound, Zheng Zhiqiang jumped up, stretched out his feet and kicked the sleeping soldiers beside him like dead pigs, and woke him up, " Go, call the captains of the various teams, and gather here!"

More than a hundred miles away from Linzhao, Lu Weixiong led less than [-] troops to set up camp. Behind them, there was no longer any troops, and those mighty convoys had already been swept away by them.

Leaving Weizhou City earlier, Lu Weixiong immediately realized that traveling with such a huge convoy was simply suicidal, and how could he reach the Quanying defense line quickly if he could not drive thirty or forty miles a day, and started a fight with Lu Fengchun? Attacking back and forth, he didn't have any confidence in the miscellaneous soldiers led by Nie Chenghua to guard the state.Ten days, that's just the most optimistic estimate. If it's not good, it will be breached in two or three days. These soldiers recruited temporarily are not the soldiers who were taken away by Lu Fengchun. day farmer.

Now what I rely on is only this army of less than 2 people, which is also my last capital. Unfortunately, Nie Chenghua left behind his five thousand soldiers, otherwise his strength will be stronger.

But after thinking about it, it's relieved that Nie Chenghua has a little capital in his hands, and he will buy more time for himself.

In fact, Lu Weixiong's estimate was not wrong at all. After Lu Weixiong abandoned the city, the morale of Weizhou City immediately dropped to freezing point. After two days of Dingzhou Army's attack, Nie Chenghua gave up the city knowingly. Tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers left them to fend for themselves, while he led the five thousand elite men to retreat along the path of Lu Weixiong's retreat. Nie Chenghua was not an idiot, he knew that these five thousand soldiers were the capital for his life, without them , I am worthless.

But not long after retreating, Nie Chenghua discovered a fatal problem. On his way forward, there were mighty convoys crowded everywhere, and Lu Weixiong had long since disappeared. Facing these greedy members of the Lu clan, Nie Chenghua had nothing to do. It can be said that at this time, money is more than life. Seeing that those people actually came to ask his soldiers to deliver property for them, Nie Chenghua did not say a word, he raised his knife and chopped, and then led his subordinates to deviate from the main path, to Fleeing to the other side, he firmly believed that Li Qing's target was not himself.

(End of this chapter)