Zhang Xianzhong's army retreated at the first contact and fled north as quickly as possible.
Li Zhi led Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang, along with the baggage and food, and chased north. After chasing for a day, Li Zhi found that Zhang Xianzhong's escape speed was really fast, and he covered at least eighty miles in one day. In this case, the infantry relied on two men.
In the age of one leg, such speed was already shocking.
Li Zhi's army marched for a whole day without stopping, and only traveled more than sixty miles. Division Huben often practiced in the wild, and the maximum marching speed for practice was sixty miles a day. At this speed, the friendly forces could no longer keep up. Cao Cao
Wen Zhao's four thousand cavalry were okay, but Long Wenguang's eight thousand Sichuan soldiers had fallen behind. Long Wenguang tried his best to walk fifty miles and fell behind Li Zhi.
However, Li Zhi estimated that Zhang Xianzhong would not be able to hold on for a few days even if he marched at such a speed. The thieves were human beings, so it was okay to march day and night, but if it lasted three days or four, it would be unbearable. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong’s army carried very little rations.
, all supplies depend on plundering. When marching eighty miles a day, there is no time to attack prefectures and counties and plunder. Soon there will be a shortage of food and grass. No matter how fast Zhang Xianzhong's march is, it will not last long.
Li Zhi's troops often trained in the field and could maintain their condition for a long time after walking sixty miles. Li Zhi had full confidence in catching up with Zhang Xianzhong and decided to bite behind Zhang Xianzhong and wait for Zhang Xianzhong's thieves to be exhausted and rush forward to annihilate him.
After Zhang Xianzhong fled to the north for thirty miles, he turned around and fled to the northeast. It seemed that he wanted to leave Sichuan and fight back to Huguang. The first prefecture and county in the northeast was Yongchuan County. Li Zhi asked Cao Bianjiao's four thousand cavalry to march with a hundred horses.
Here, Zhang Xianzhong's bandits crossed over and stationed in Yongchuan County to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from taking advantage of the chaos to invade Yongchuan County and plunder.
Sure enough, after Zhang Xianzhong marched for two days and arrived in Yongchuan County, he tried to attack the city. Zhang Xianzhong was very cunning when attacking cities in the past, and he used various internal tactics and tricks. Prefectures and counties that lacked major generals often could not hold on for a day before being captured.
But this time in Yongchuan County, Cao Bianjiao's 4,000 cavalrymen were very tightly guarded. Zhang Xianzhong marched to the foot of Yongchuan County City. When he saw the densely packed banners with the word "Cao" on the city, he gave up the attack and circled the city and fled to the northeast.
Li Zhi chased after him for a day and arrived at the gate of Yongchuan County the next day. When he learned that Cao Bianjiao had forced Zhang Xianzhong away, Li Zhi happily praised Cao Bianjiao, which made Cao Bianjiao very excited.
Cao Bianjiao had full confidence in Li Zhi's troops and knew that Li Zhi would defeat Zhang Xianzhong sooner or later. If Li Zhi thought he had merit, he would allocate more heads to himself.
Cao Bianjiao laughed loudly, became more respectful in front of Li Zhi, and showed a complete attitude of being a lower official.
Li Zhi asked Cao Bianjiao to continue to the northeast and stationed in Bishan County in the northeast to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from attacking the county. In addition to Bishan County in the northeast, there was also Tongliang County. Li Zhi asked his two thousand cavalrymen from the Selected Front Regiment to quickly bypass Zhang Xianzhong and station in Tongliang County.
.Li Zhi guarded these cities, leaving Zhang Xianzhong to march in the wild with nowhere to plunder.
Sure enough, after Zhang Xianzhong ran wildly for three days, his marching speed slowed down. When he reached Tongliang County, he heard from scouts that the Selection Regiment had already settled in, so he had no choice but to turn around and attack Dazu County in the northwest. At this time, this stream of troops
The army of thieves could no longer travel at the maximum speed of eighty miles a day, and only traveled sixty miles a day.
Cao Bianjiao was guarding Bishan, and the vanguard group was guarding Tongliang. Li Zhi no longer had any extra troops to guard Dazu. Li Zhi was worried, worried that Zhang Xianzhong would quickly capture Dazu County, but in Yongchuan County he met officials from Huguang.
The military "president" is as fierce as a tiger.
Yang Sichang was named Pinggui Superintendent, commanding an army of hundreds of thousands and commanding more than a dozen soldiers. However, with the resurrection of Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor Zhu Youjian became more and more distrustful of Yang Sichang, and he still followed Yang Sichang's orders.
There are fewer and fewer. Meng Ruhu, the chief soldier of Ji Zhen Zhongxie, is one of the few who still obeys Yang Sichang's orders. Yang Sichang appointed Meng Ruhu as the "president" and allocated some soldiers and horses from the officers and soldiers of various ministries to Meng Ruhu's command.
Therefore, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under the fierce tiger tent.
Li Zhi's troops rushed to pursue Zhang Xianzhong in the northeast of Yongchuan County, and encountered the fierce tiger troops who were slowly marching towards them.
Although Meng Ruhu is the "president", this "president" is a "official" appointed by Yang Sichang, not a formal official title. His official title is Governor Qianshi, but Li Zhi is the crown prince's Taibao, and his official position is as high as Meng Ruhu.
Fierce as a tiger, he carried out the official ceremony and led the generals in the tent to visit Li Zhi in his camp.
Walking into Li Zhi's military camp, those elite soldiers of the Huben Division surprised the fierce tigers and other Ming generals.
Not to mention the sophisticated armor on the Huben Division's baggage vehicles, the exquisite winter clothes worn by the Huben Division soldiers, and the cannons and artillery carts lined up between the camps. There is no other Ming army in the world with such sophisticated equipment. These generals were most surprised.
Yes, it’s Master Huben’s murderous aura:
These soldiers of the Huben Division were all dusty and looked very tired. They had obviously experienced several days of rapid marching. But even in this state, the soldiers in the military camp were still undisturbed. The camp was quiet and no one was there.
There was a loud noise. The soldiers stood guard in their respective camps, sitting quietly with relaxed expressions, carrying muskets on their shoulders.
As the soldiers looked around, their eyes were determined and indifferent, as if life and death were no longer a concern. What the others saw in these soldiers, as fierce as tigers, was a destructive murderous aura. This kind of murderous aura can only be found in soldiers who have experienced hard training and bloody battles.
Only then would there be. But here with Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, this murderous aura permeated the entire military camp.
Only such soldiers and horses can defeat Dongnu.
Walking through Li Zhi's military tent all the way, being watched by Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, who were as fierce as tigers, the generals under his command felt like they did not dare to speak loudly.
Li Zhi met Meng Ruhu and his party of more than a dozen people in the Chinese army's tent.
Wearing armor as fierce as a tiger, he led the generals into the Chinese army's tent. When he saw Li Zhi, he was stunned. Li Zhi, the crown prince's Taibao who shocked the world and defeated Dongnu, turned out to be a young man of twenty-four or five years old.
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After decades of military service, he was just a governor. Li Zhi was so young that he was already the crown prince's guardian.
However, Meng Ruhu quickly reacted and led his generals to bow to Li Zhi and sang: "I have seen the Taibao Master!"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Everyone, sit down!"
Meng Ruhu led the generals to sit down and said: "Meng saw that the soldiers and horses under the Taibao were dusty, and they seemed to be coming in a hurry? Are the Taibao chasing the thieves?"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Exactly!"
Fierce as a Tiger raised his hand in the direction of Xiangyang and said: "However, the commander has already informed all the armies that they will not pursue Xian's army in this severe cold weather. Why are the Taibao still so eager to pursue the enemy?"
Li Zhi said: "I have received the imperial decree to go to Sichuan to suppress the bandits, and I dare not slack off. Even if it is very cold, I can't let go of the bandits." After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "Our troops repelled the bandits outside Luzhou City.
, we have already understood the combat power of Xian Thief. Although Xian Thief is good at escaping, our troops are not weak when marching in the field. It is expected that our troops will be able to capture Xian Thieves in less than a month."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the generals under Meng Ruhu's command were shocked, and each had their own thoughts and calculations. (To be continued.)
