The three guards and other young men have received a lot of influence through hearing and seeing, but real military confrontation experience is rare. Now that they have such an opportunity, they all attach great importance to it and devote themselves to it with seriousness.
Since the number of people fighting was smaller, they set off two-quarters of an hour in advance. This two-quarters of an hour in advance is undoubtedly a key factor that affects the outcome. If they can be used well, it will greatly increase the chance of winning.
According to general thinking, if you want to establish a sufficient advantage, you must naturally extend the distance as much as possible during the first two quarters of an hour. Going straight along Luoshui is the most reliable option.
However, Gao Jiong put forward a different view. In his opinion, the most critical issue in this training is breakout and interception, not the speed. Going straight along the river can indeed shorten the total distance and bring the goal closer.
However, it cannot establish any reliable advantage in breaking through.
It should be noted that this is a training process that lasts for three days and covers a distance of nearly two hundred miles. In these two quarters of an hour, even when they are at their strongest, they can run with heavy loads for more than ten miles.
However, their movement trajectories are always in a state that can be monitored. If they are not hidden and interfered, it is not difficult for the opponent to catch them. Once they enter a purely physical confrontation, then they have no chance of winning at all.
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Therefore, the key to this confrontation is to give full play to their initiative to take the first step, make full use of the condition that half of them can break through, and determine a limited sacrifice ratio from the beginning, so as to gain greater opportunities for other members.
Chance.
Therefore, according to Gao Jie's plan, within a quarter of an hour before leaving Shangyang Palace, the team still gathered together and rushed north along the Luoshui River. During this quarter of an hour, everyone had the most physical strength, even though they had armor.
Despite the burden of food, he still ran for several miles, and even Shangyang Palace was left behind.
After the team arrived here, they no longer acted collectively. Gao Jiong and more than 50 people did not perform combat missions. They only carried limited dry food and went to the west bank of Luoshui via the pontoon bridge, then headed north via the west bank of Luoshui.
As for the remaining nearly a hundred people, Cui Hongdu and other thirty of the most brave and aggressive people formed a small team and continued to move forward along Luoshui. Another thirty people followed behind a baggage truck.
If the opponent catches up, these thirty people will fight against the vehicle and try to delay the opponent's progress. If they are not caught up, they can supply supplies along the way.
Others formed a smaller team and moved further away from the Luoshui shore. The geese walked sideways, keeping moving quickly while waiting for opportunities to move in order to cope with the teams advancing straight along the Luoshui.
According to Gao Jiong's idea, although the opponent has a large number of people, it is impossible to carry out a large-scale manhunt along the way. On the first day, because each other's physical strength and supplies are very sufficient, the alertness and fighting spirit are the highest, basically there should be no
A confrontation occurred.
The variable is most likely to occur on the second day. The first mover will be unable to continue, and the pursuer will catch up. The two sides will collide in the middle. Cui Hongdu and other two teams heading straight along Luo will cause certain obstruction to the chasing team, even if
Their entire army was wiped out, which also bought valuable time for the teammates on both wings, giving them a better chance of successfully reaching Chengcheng Defense.
Of course, this is just a basic idea, and other variables will inevitably occur in the specific process. For example, when they were fighting for the first-mover advantage of two quarters of an hour, they also gave in to the other party to have two horses to serve as scouts, which greatly improved the situation.
The sensitivity of the opponent's ears, eyes and eyes will lead to many surprises during the confrontation.
Two quarters of an hour passed quickly, and the team responsible for the pursuit and interception also began to set off. The first to go out were naturally the two cavalry scouts. The two scouts were He Ruolong, the eldest son of He Ruodun, and Yang Zheng.
Although Sanwei Erlang is young, it does not mean that he is completely ignorant of the ways of the world. For these generals, riding and shooting is a skill they have practiced since childhood. Even if they are not very talented, they all have qualified skills.
The terrain along the Luoshui coast is not that complicated, so it doesn't make much difference who is chosen as the scout. The fathers of these two are the most powerful generals in the country at the moment, and they are both skilled in bow and horse, so they are naturally pushed by the masses.
was recommended.
Yang Zheng abandoned his brother and chose to join a larger gang. He was immediately elected as the most important scout, and he was in a very happy mood. He turned over and jumped onto the horse without looking at the man who was still taking inventory of supplies beside the car.
Yang Jian, accompanied by the cheers of his companions, rode out and began to look for traces of the opponent's personnel.
After all the disciples came out, Yang Jian and others took inventory of the supplies, and then drove slowly out of Shangyang Palace. When the others saw that their companions had disappeared, they couldn't help but become a little anxious, and they all
He urged his horse to move quickly, but Yang Jian only waved his hand and said: "This confrontation is not about quick success. If you are hasty, you will lose easily, and you may not be able to catch up from behind."
As the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, Han Qinhu did not participate in these quarrels. He only led his troops to follow behind to keep a lookout to avoid any personnel accidents. As he rode by, he heard Yang Jian's words of comfort to his companions.
, I couldn’t help but look at this cold-faced young man a few more times.
Among all the disciples of the Imperial Guard, apart from his family background, Yang Jian was not very outstanding. His personality was not outgoing and enthusiastic, and his military skills were not much to be praised. So many people did not believe that this was the case after learning about his life experience.
The son of Zhu Guo Yang Zhong is so mediocre that one can't find any bright spots.
Han Qinhu didn't pay much attention to Yang Jian before, but this time he paid attention to his words and deeds. After a little observation, he couldn't help but secretly feel that Yang Jian might not be surprising, but his calmness and calmness when dealing with matters
He defeated many impetuous generals and disciples.
Although the group of disciples participated with great enthusiasm, the confrontation process on the first day was still relatively boring. It was just chasing each other, and the two sides did not even come into contact. Only two scouts galloped on horseback, having a panoramic view of the actions of the people on the opposite side.
But even if they saw it, there was nothing they could do, because the mobility of the large forces behind them simply couldn't keep up.
The half-day pursuit was fruitless, which made people feel a little frustrated. However, these chasing personnel were not a large group to begin with. When it was almost dark in the evening, the differences among each other became even greater. Some people wanted to stop and rest and recuperate.
Charge up and try to catch up again in the second half of the night. Some people want to close the distance at once to prevent the opponent from continuing to expand the distance advantage.
Since the opinions could not be unified, naturally everyone had to go their own way. So soon more than two hundred Sanwei Erlang decided to continue the attack, and Scout Yang Zheng also decided to follow these people and take advantage of the last moment before dark.
After determining the location of the opponent ahead, he returned and reported, then led more than two hundred companions to swarm forward.
The target that Yang Zheng discovered and chose was naturally the small team with the baggage trucks. After nightfall, this small team also settled in a camp selected for them by the team in front. This camp was located next to the Hewan Bridge.
, the road ahead is narrow, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, while the road behind is wide, making it easy to mobilize reinforcements.
Soon the chasing men and horses arrived here. Taking advantage of their large numbers, they immediately launched an attack. Naturally, the so-called attack could not be a hard fight with real swords and guns. The main ones used were wooden knives and guns with limited lethality. Participants
They all had ribbons tied around their waists, and if they were torn or taken away, they would be killed in battle.
Seeing the opponent launching an attack, the escapees naturally fought back. Soon the two sides were fighting each other. Due to the limitations of the terrain, although the pursuers had a numerical advantage, it was difficult for them all to join the battle, so that the battle was a bit stalemate. But in the end, it was a stalemate.
It was not a true life-and-death fight, so regardless of injuries, the resisters were gradually wiped out.
The pursuers were about to celebrate their victory, but two teams came towards them in the opposite direction. At that moment, someone shouted loudly: "It's happened, it's an enemy ambush! Escape, evacuate first..."
Cui Hongdu and others fought back, catching their opponents off guard, and eliminated thirty or forty of their opponents in one breath. Especially the scout Yang Zheng, who was too forward, even his precious war horse was killed by his opponents, and he himself was also killed.
He was brave and finally died in a bloody battle to protect his horse.
After this battle, nearly fifty fugitives were killed, and the pursuers lost more than seventy people. Although the casualty ratio was a bit high, at least the fugitives' baggage trains were taken away, and the pursuers' military advantage was further enhanced.
somewhat expanded.
But on the second day, when the large group of people chased forward for more than ten miles, but still found no trace of the enemy, they realized that the situation was a bit bad, and hurriedly sent the only scout forward to search, but they found out that
Traces of a team were found a few miles away.
When Scout He Ruolong returned to inform him of the situation, everyone was a little dumbfounded, but soon Su Wei, who had been the leader of a small team, shouted: "No, that is an army to lure the enemy, just to let us go back."
Running around consumes energy! The only plan now is to move forward. No matter how hard it is to find the enemy, they must gather together to defend Chengcheng. There are more than fifty soldiers in Luoxi. If they can be restrained on the west bank and prevented from crossing eastward, this time
Must win!"
Everyone was a little at a loss, but after hearing Su Wei's words, they all suddenly enlightened. They had eliminated nearly fifty people. Although there were still many people fleeing on the east coast, instead of wasting time and effort to hunt down the people on the east coast,
As long as we hold on to the front line of Luoshui, we can wait until the West Coast team falls into the trap. Of course, if we want to achieve this goal, we have to be fast!
So everyone had the same goal, no longer hesitating and looking around, and just ran like crazy. Finally on the morning of the third day, they arrived at the Luoshui shore near Chengcheng Fang. They saw Gao Jiong and his party on the other side had already set up a raft.
He was about to be put into the current and fight to cross over.
Although the pursuers were exhausted, they all burst out laughing after seeing this scene. As long as they intercepted these guys who didn't even have weapons, they would win this time.
However, at this moment, Cui Hongdu, who had not seen him for a long time, and a group of more than 30 people came from the slope behind, trying to support their companions who were preparing to cross the river. However, there were more than 300 people from the opponent's side gathered here, and the three of them
It’s not easy for more than ten people to break up!
Cui Hongdu and others charged and killed several times. Instead of breaking up the opponent's battle formation, they suffered heavy casualties. Cui Hongdu himself also fought and retreated to the river. Seeing that the situation was over, he shouted loudly: "Cui Hongdu made a reckless mistake alone and suffered a lot of losses."
What's the point of not dying if you suffer crime and punishment?"
After saying this, he actually jumped into the Luoshui River in a suit and armor!