As soon as Luo Hu and Ma Bao left camp, a white pigeon took off in the village and flew south. However, no one noticed this, not even the person in the cage next to Luo Hu who was closing his eyes to meditate.
Zhi Falcon didn't find it either, otherwise they would have had an unexpected gain.
Humans cannot outrun horses, and horses cannot outrun birds.
Pigeons are also birds, let alone specially trained homing pigeons.
The flight speed of ordinary pigeons is between 70 and more than 100 kilometers per hour, but the speed of carrier pigeons is much faster. In the 1965 carrier pigeon competition, the carrier pigeons of the Vikings flew nearly 3,000 meters per minute, reaching a speed of
177 kilometers.
Some people are curious, did ancient people really use carrier pigeons to deliver information?
The answer is yes, although there are few but there are, because carrier pigeons are easy to be caught and leak information, but there are indeed well-trained carrier pigeons used to transmit intelligence. On the contrary, there are more in modern times. For example, during World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom domesticated them.
Many carrier pigeons were used to convey military information. Even though telegraphs were already available at that time, this ancient method was still used to avoid being deciphered.
Half an hour later, the homing pigeon landed on the eaves of a house dozens of miles northeast of Puzhou City. A villager who was hoeing not far away heard the cooing sound, turned around and walked into the yard to wave at the homing pigeon.
He waved and the pigeon landed on his hand. He took out a piece of paper from the pigeon's anklet, looked at it, turned around and led the horse out of the yard, then got on the horse and whipped away.
With less than half a stick of incense, he came to a dense forest and was surrounded before he could get off his horse. After receiving the command, he hurried into the forest and passed the note to Gao Qi.
As one of Li Yan's confidants, Gao Qi did not have outstanding intelligence, and he himself knew that his talents were mediocre, but he learned a lot from Li Yan and realized a lot, which made him absolutely most useful.
Just one word, stable!
This word contains too many things, such as being bold and cautious, such as staying calm in the face of danger, and such as acting cautiously.
Li Yan also once said to him that as long as he understands this word, although he cannot be invincible, he can advance and retreat freely.
The day before yesterday, Li Yan heard that there was a bandit army coming from Hejin. He knew that the opportunity had come and sent troops to attack Dali without hesitation. Before sending troops to Dali, he ordered Gao Qi to lead three thousand troops to ambush the bandit army.
Li Yan didn't know the exact size of the invading bandit army, but he estimated that there were thousands or more than three thousand. He didn't know that the intruders were the elite fighter jets of the bandit army, Zhenshan Camp and Laoying.
However, Li Yan felt that although the rebel army had a large number of troops, the fatigue of the long-distance attack was enough to offset the opponent's advantage in strength, and this battle was not a clear-cut battle!
But to ambush!
However, in fact, the nearly 300 miles from Puzhou to Hejin, except for a section of the river bank that is relatively bumpy and difficult to navigate, have no mountains, hills, rivers and valleys, and are all endless riverbanks and wilderness farmland.
In short, it is almost a flat plain. There is no perfect terrain suitable for an ambush, and there are indeed many villages within this range. There are hundreds at least within three hundred miles, and they are most densely populated near Puzhou. However, these
The villages were almost wiped out during the bandit army's Eastern Expedition last year, and all the people and property were taken away and used as cannon fodder. Now a year has passed, and half of them have not returned to their original state. In other words, there are still many villages with ten rooms and nine rooms.
Empty or ruins, after all, many of the cannon fodder that were swept away could not come back.
Besides, when Gao Qi came with his troops, he was worried about where to ambush and how close. He personally surveyed the location and ran for dozens of miles but was unable to find anything. Finally, he found a large forest forty miles northeast of Puzhou, and this
There are some hills and high mounds in the area, which is definitely a good place for an ambush!
but!
But this place is about ten miles away from the main road, and it is impossible for the bandit army to pass through here.
This left Gao Qi with nothing to do, but he could only hide his soldiers and horses here before making plans. If it didn't work, he could ask Li Yan for advice. But this way he seemed too incompetent, and as the old saying goes, a clever woman can't make a fool of herself.
, without the advantage of the terrain, even Li Yan wouldn’t be able to make porridge!
The rebels had just camped out from Tantou Village. Gao Qi drew a map on the map. It was more than a hundred miles away from Puzhou and less than a hundred miles away from where he was. The intelligence said that the rebel cavalry would go first. It would take half a day at the fastest.
He would pass by here only when it was dark or at night, or to be precise, he would pass by the main road ten miles due west of where he was.
This made Gao Qi extremely anxious. They were arriving at the door of his house immediately, but he hadn't found the place where he had committed the crime. Should he let them rush into his house?
Of course it doesn't work, so why not try to stop him and confront him head-on?
If it really doesn't work, then we can only fight head-on! Gao Qi gritted his teeth and decided that he had to take the risk now, so he sent someone to inform Li Yan to see if he had any good ideas. Fortunately, it was only a few dozen miles away from Puzhou, so he rushed forward.
He arrived as soon as a stick of incense arrived. Although he knew that Dali was fighting there, he would not go there because of Li Yan's cautious temperament. If he was not in Puzhou, he would be in Chaoyi.
And here he convened his men to discuss how to intercept them. A group of people gathered together and were pulling on the ground. You said something and I said something. Suddenly, one of his guerrilla generals thought of something: "Sir, we don't have to do it openly, just give it to him."
Do something evil!"
"Cricket, you are calling a ghost, how can you do something evil to others, it's so easy..." Someone shouted impatiently, Gao Qi waved his hand to interrupt everyone: "Cricket, tell me."
The young general's name was Qu Yigong. When he was a thief, there was a nickname called Cricket. Although they have become good men now, they still call each other by their nicknames. He smiled and pointed to the sky:
"Sir, it's getting dark!"
Everyone was startled, and Gao Qi slapped himself directly, "Oh, fuck!"
Is this because the authorities are obsessed with it, or am I just too stupid? The right location for the ambush is only one of them, the timing is also very important! What is the purpose of the ambush? It is to use a black hand.
If you don’t have the advantage of the terrain to play the evil trick, then you have to choose the time of day. What is the best time of day? Krishna!
I just calculated that the time when the opponent's cavalry arrives at his parallel line is dark or night. This is a good time to make a move. They can ambush on both sides of the road and cut off their front and rear routes... It's not too beautiful.
Besides, the intelligence also said that the opponent only has more than a thousand cavalry, and we also have more than a thousand cavalry and more than a thousand infantry. In terms of military strength, we completely crush the opponent. You see, you still have people and people.
This was simply a military merit falling from the sky waiting for him to pick it up. Gao Qi regretted sending someone to report it to Li Yan. Alas, after receiving the report, Li Shuai would definitely smile bitterly, shake his head, and secretly curse himself as a fool.
But idiots will be idiots. He himself is not smart, but Gao Qi is thinking openly. He just thinks in his mind, seize this opportunity, as long as he plays steadily, he will win.
Cricket's flash of inspiration made everyone excited, and they immediately began to plan the details of the ambush. For example, the cavalry should not be too close, because the sound of the war horse might alert the opponent's spies, such as whether the cavalry should be divided into separate troops to surround it...
At this time, Luo Hu was still galloping under the bright sun. He could clearly see villages, farmlands, and groves in the wilderness for more than ten miles. Occasionally, he would see a few war horses galloping in the distance. They should be spies of the officers and soldiers.
Seeing those spies, Luo Hu had a cold smile on his lips. After sending troops for a day, of course he couldn't hide it from Li Yan. So what if you knew about it? You didn't even dare to come to help you in Hejin. Now I've even come to your door.
You should hurry up and send troops to snipe me. I really want it...
Luo Hu is really fearless. Even though he only has more than a thousand riders at this time, he has the confidence to defeat everything and almost the same strength!
The Zhenshan Camp was not created by blowing up, but was polished through countless battles over the past ten years! There may be a few battalions under Dongchang Wei that he is afraid of, but on Li Yan's side, he is confident that everyone can stop him.
, as long as they open up their posture and fight in the field, Luo Hu is confident to kill them in an instant, whether they are the same force or multiple times the force!
Luo Hu didn't know that Gao Qi was going to ambush him now, and he wouldn't be afraid even if he knew, but he didn't know that Li Yan was attacking Dali. If he had known, he might have accelerated his march. Of course, he didn't know at this moment.