After hearing the reports from the spies ahead, Fang Dongquan once again urged his bandits to hurry up.
Because time is very urgent now. Seeing that the sun has completely risen, those people in Black Tiger Village will definitely set off after breakfast. If they cannot arrive before then, they may face a large group of people fleeing.
The situation is that even if the people of Huangzhushan are powerful, they will not be able to catch all the hundreds of people who have scattered and fled one by one.
For today's Tang Dynasty, every population is an important resource, and losing one of them is a huge loss.
In order to catch as many people as possible in Black Tiger Village, Fang Dongquan and the others naturally rushed as hard as they could, trying to arrive before the people in Black Tiger Village left.
In order to speed up, they even changed from a normal march to a trot march.
But they had been driving in the dark for an hour before, and running like this now took a lot of energy.
Especially people these days are generally in bad shape. Even these young and strong people are mostly malnourished. Except for a few gangsters with good physical fitness, many people are already tired after running for two seconds.
Was out of breath.
Seeing this scene, Fang Dongquan, the commander-in-chief, couldn't help but frown.
At this time, Qian Mengjiu walked up to Fang Dongquan with a tired look on his face: "General Fang, this won't work. If we keep running like this, even if we can get in front of the people in Black Tiger Village, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to lift them up."
Knife and gun!"
Fang Dongquan naturally knew who the bandits under his command were. Except for a very few people, most of them were said to be young and strong. But in fact, only their age met the conditions of being young and strong, and their physical fitness was actually the same as that of young and strong.
There is no difference between refugees.
Although they are all bandits, not every bandit can eat meat and drink wine every day. Among the more than a thousand people in Huangzhu Mountain, many people still don’t have enough to eat. Even the young and strong cannot eat food every day.
Open your stomach and eat.
The bandits who can really eat enough every day and eat meat every three days are the backbone leaders in the bandit den.
He also knew that if he continued running like this, even if he caught up with the people from Black Tiger Village, they might not be able to fight by then.
No matter what era of war, the physical strength of soldiers is very important, especially in ancient armies that use cold weapons to fight at close quarters. Maintaining complete physical strength of soldiers is almost a necessary condition for victory in the war.
An army that is as tired as a dog cannot massacre in all directions.
"Prime Minister Qian, what do you think we should do?" Although Fang Dongquan knew that many of his men were not strong enough to support a long and rapid march, there was no good way: "The people in Black Tiger Village can't wait for us long.
If it's too late, they'll have to run away!"
Qian Mengjiu said: "It is better to choose a group of brave soldiers to move forward quickly. Most of us will continue on our way normally. After the brave soldiers arrive in advance, even if the people from Black Tiger Village want to leave, as long as they block a little time, our troops will
The large army will arrive soon!
If the people from Black Tiger Village haven't left by then, then the forward soldiers don't have to rush to attack, just keep an eye on them and wait for the army to arrive!"
At this time, Butcher Chen stepped forward and said: "The Prime Minister is right, why don't you let me lead the vanguard first, and you can follow behind!"
When Butcher Chen said this, he certainly wasn't acting recklessly. Although he was a rough man and liked to speak half-formed idioms without reading a book, it didn't mean he was stupid.
In fact, he was able to lead Li Xuan and others from Lijiacun to escape the pursuit of the Ming army and join Fang Dongquan and the others, and then he became the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty from a mere butcher.
Among a group of military generals, their status is second only to Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren. Just being able to fight is not enough.
But most of the time, outsiders are confused by his rough and tough appearance and careless tone of voice, thinking that he is just a stupid guy who speaks and does things without thinking.
However, many people who thought they were smart were dead, but he was the only one who was still alive, and he was still alive and well. He personally led his troops to fight many times without suffering any injuries. He fought in seven or eight battles, big and small.
It's no big deal.
Such a person, if you say he is stupid?
Butcher Chen said this because the forwards under his command had the best physical fitness among the bandits in Huangzhu Mountain, especially the more than 20 armored bandits.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for these twenty-odd bandits to charge into battle wearing heavy armor, carrying swords and shields.
This piece of equipment weighs twenty or thirty kilograms in total, especially Butcher Chen's armor. This armor alone weighs almost forty kilograms. People with weaker constitutions can't walk very long wearing it, let alone
Wearing a charge to fight.
After Fang Dongquan heard this, he looked at Butcher Chen, and then said: "In that case, General Chen should work harder and take your people first. After finding those people in Black Tiger Village, if they haven't left yet, then
Just ignore them and don't let them discover you. Just watch them from a distance. If they want to leave, hold them back until we come up!"
Butcher Chen immediately said: "Don't worry, none of them can escape. If they still escape, I, Old Chen, can't afford to lose face!"
After some discussion, the Huangzhushan bandits quickly divided into two parts. One was the large force led by Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and others, while the other about forty people were the vanguard who followed Butcher Chen.
You may want to ask, butcher Chen only has more than 20 armored bandits under his command, so why do he need to bring more than 40 people with him?
This is because the armored bandits under Butcher Chen need someone to help them carry their armor and weapons!
During a normal march, even a strong man like Butcher Chen would not march wearing armor. Instead, he would give the armor to others to help carry it, usually carrying it on a pole. He would only wear armor when fighting.
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In addition to the more than 20 tough bandits, the remaining 20 or so people are actually underhands, helping to transport armor and weapons.
Of course, even these people who were the attackers were the vanguard soldiers under Butcher Chen. Among the bandits in Huangzhu Mountain, they were all in relatively good physical condition.
Carrying armor for armored soldiers is not an easy job, and you can't do it without good physical strength.
After Butcher Chen left with more than 40 people, Fang Dongquan led a large group of troops to slow down, return to normal marching speed and then continue to move forward.
Butcher Chen led his men on their way, moving faster than they had marched before. Although the men carrying armor and weapons were exhausted to death, the more than twenty tough bandits were still very energetic.
It only took them two-quarters of an hour to reach the last section of the road!
After Butcher Chen and several spies such as Liu Tianning who were monitoring the people in Black Tiger Village met up, many people in Black Tiger Village had already had breakfast and started packing their things one after another.
Seeing this, Butcher Chen gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go around behind them. We must not let them leave!"