The Guang'an rebels want to run away, this is not possible!
Lin Ziran immediately shouted: "Let brothers get up!"
Luo Mazi next to him had just been woken up by the sound. When he heard this in a daze, he was shocked: "The enemy is coming?"
Then he turned to look at Lin Ziran: "Sir, let's run!"
Lin Ziran said angrily: "Fuck you, let's intercept the Guang'an rebels!"
Looking at the pocket watch, it was already four o'clock in the morning. According to the news sent by Jian Langzhi yesterday, the main force led by Jian Liangzhi should have rushed over overnight.
As long as he holds the opponent back for about two hours, it will be enough to wait until Jian Liangzhi's main force arrives.
Two hours!
In the night, the camp of Qingshan Patrol Camp was brightly lit, and many soldiers were called up and lined up one by one.
Although the incident happened suddenly, it was not an enemy attack after all, but an emergency dispatch, so there was no panic at all.
This is also due to the shift system of the Qingshan Patrol Camp. No matter what the soldiers do, even in the barracks, they are gathered on a squad basis. Therefore, when the order is given, the soldiers follow the squad leaders and then
The three squads gathered together and were led by the platoon leader, and finally merged into a company.
Although this process is still a bit chaotic, it is still much better than the soldiers running around in a mess.
Due to time constraints, Lin Ziran waited for the troops to gather together and immediately led the cavalry platoon and three infantry companies to set off first, while the artillery platoon and baggage platoon slowly packed up tents in the rear and waited for other baggage to follow.
It was already after four o'clock when the troops set off. Although there were crescent moons and stars in the sky, they obviously could not illuminate the earth. Lin Ziran and the others marched with torches, and they sent many troops in advance.
The investigation team is organized into squads to investigate the route in advance.
When the troops climbed up a hill, Lin Ziran finally saw the Guang'an rebels.
In fact, the distance between the two parties that night was not that far, just two hills apart. The straight-line distance was only two or three kilometers at most. If there were no obstacles such as hills and woods, both sides could even see directly.
to the other party.
However, this place is a hilly area with constant undulations, so even if the distance is relatively close in a straight line, it is not easy to see each other visually.
But now, as he reached the height of the mountain, Lin Ziran saw a moving fire dragon about two kilometers away in front of him.
You don't need to guess, they must be the Guang'an rebels who are escaping overnight.
"We'll move in across them, and even if we can't stop them, we'll force them to turn to the northeast!"
At this time, the positions of both sides were that Lin Ziran's Qingshan Patrol Camp was in the southeast direction of the Guang'an rebels. The Guang'an rebels were escaping to the east. If they crossed over to the east, judging from the distance, they would be able to catch up.
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If the other party doesn't want to be stopped by you, then they can only turn towards the northeast.
However, Jian Liangzhi's main force is in the north!
If the Guang'an rebels turn northeast, they will be taking the initiative to plunge into Jian Liangzhi's main force.
"Speed up and move forward!" Lin Ziran had to seize the time. Anyway, when they made an emergency attack, they didn't bring much baggage, not even the artillery and baggage. If the soldiers marched lightly, they would still be faster.
At this time, the Guang'an rebels apparently also discovered the Qingshan Patrol Camp, which was also approaching with torches, which made several scholar-bureaucrats in the Guang'an rebels frown.
After yesterday's confrontation, they already knew what the other party's goods were, and they were just a few hundred patrol camps.
If it were a normal battle, facing this kind of patrol battalion, they would have enough confidence to rush forward and destroy them. However, the opponent did not engage in a direct battle with them at all, but only shot a few shots from a distance and ran away.
What's more important is that behind them there are more than a thousand Luoan regular troops chasing them, and there is a full cavalry regiment among them.
If it were not for the cavalry regiment, they would not have run towards the hilly areas to the south, but would have gone straight back to the north.
But the north was open, and running north would be a tribute to the opponent's cavalry. They had no choice but to run south, hoping to use the hilly jungle terrain in the south to block the pursuit of Luo An's cavalry, and then turn around.
Dao Dongfang retreated to the hinterland of Guang'an.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the hilly and jungle area in the south, I would be ambushed multiple times by this patrol battalion.
There were not many casualties, only a dozen or so casualties, but this harassment greatly slowed down their march.
Yesterday, they did not even reach half of the expected distance. Yesterday evening, they already knew that the main force of Guang'an cavalry behind them was very close, so they set off early this morning.
But he didn't expect that the opponent's patrol battalion would catch up in time.
If it were normal times, they would definitely turn and kill with their troops, but not now!
The leading middle doctor took a deep breath and said: "Abandon the baggage and speed up the march!"
There are pursuers behind and enemy blocking troops on the sides. If you don't rush out in time, you will be overtaken.
Although it would be more troublesome to abandon the baggage and follow up, since there is no artillery, no ammunition, and no food supplement, they don't have many options now.
The Guang'an rebels were resolute and decisive, abandoning all their baggage. The march speed obviously accelerated a lot.
Although it was dark night, they were all carrying torches, but no one would foolishly walk in the dark.
Although this place is also a hilly area, it is not a mountainous area, and this place is not a truly uninhabited wilderness. In fact, there are still many villages around it, and there are roads between the wilderness, but the roads are a bit winding and small.
Now that there is nothing and nothing left, the soldiers walk very fast.
The Guang'an rebels did not turn, because they also knew that the pursuers were to the north, so how could they turn and run to the northeast? They kept their heads down and drove all the way east, trying to break out of the outflanking of Lin Ziran's troops in advance.
If you look down from the sky at this time, you will see two winding fire dragons moving quickly. The distance between them is not far. It is still two kilometers at the beginning, but it will shorten to a thousand in a short time.
Too many meters.
This distance, placed in a large-scale battle, is completely within the range of a large-caliber smoothbore cannon.
It is a pity that neither side carried artillery. Even if they did, there was no time for the artillerymen to put down the artillery, load it, and aim.
Time continued to pass, and by around six o'clock, although the sun had not risen yet, the sky was already white, the darkest stage before dawn was over, and both sides were no longer marching with torches.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was only four to five hundred meters!