Valley Emperor

Song Zhiwen had just sent out the 3,000 troops mobilized from various places. The Datang spies who were ambushed in Fucheng were already running all the way towards Zhengtai County. The bosses above make corresponding decisions.

Carrying a lot of baggage, at the same time, it is necessary to guard against the ambush of the enemy, and it is necessary to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers at all times to face the encounter. Too fast marching will cause the soldiers' physical strength to be exhausted. In this case, if you encounter an ambush or The encounter is fatal to an army of cold weapons that relies on the physical strength of the soldiers.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the marching speed of a large-scale army is very slow, and the distance it travels in a day is only twenty or thirty miles. It's not that you can go, but the risk is too great.

Therefore, the march of the troops cannot be simply measured by the walking speed of a person. At a normal walking speed, a person can walk twenty miles in an hour, and many troops can walk this way in a day.

The army moved slowly, which gave the spies of the Datang New Army plenty of time to pass on the news. These spies didn't have to worry about their physical strength, and they didn't have to worry about being ambushed. They only wanted to do one thing. The message was sent back in the shortest time, so they traveled very fast, and they even had horses.

The spies ran wildly, so that Li Xuan got the palace that night and the Ming army had officially left the city!

"According to their direction, they are coming towards the Lanjiang ferry, and they definitely want to cross the river from here, and according to their formation, it is expected that the forward of the Ming army will arrive at the Lanjiang ferry tomorrow evening, and the big The large-scale crossing of the river should be the day after tomorrow!" Zeng Ziwen said: "There is not much time left for us, we will continue to speed up tomorrow morning, strive to arrive at noon, and prepare an ambush and fight before they reach the Lanjiang ferry. A half-cross and strike!"

When Zeng Ziwen said this, Fang Dongquan said: "Our army has been marching for two days in a row, and the physical strength of the soldiers has been exhausted. At this time, we are still about twenty miles away from the Lanjiang ferry, and it will be within half a day tomorrow. Arrived, I'm afraid it will be too much physical exhaustion for the soldiers!"

Butcher Chen also nodded and said, "Yes, if you walk too fast, you will have no strength to fight. If you don't have the strength, you won't be able to walk a few steps in heavy armor!"

Among the so many arms of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, the most physically demanding are the sword and shield soldiers under the command of Butcher Chen. These sword and shield soldiers need to carry dozens of kilograms of shields and armor when fighting, and the physical requirements of the soldiers are quite high. Gao, if they are too physically exhausted during the march, they will not have the strength to fight in these armors.

However, Wang Danxu said: "If we are worried about the speed of the march, we can start two hours earlier in the morning and maintain a good rhythm on the road. The physical strength of the soldiers is still controllable. After arriving, we can rest for a long time. Even if the Puppet Ming army wants to cross the river directly in the evening! We can still fight for a while!"

Li Xuan also spoke at this time: "This battle is related to the subsequent survival of our Tang Dynasty. The pseudo-ming bandit army must be stopped from the Lanjiang River, and this Lanjiang ferry must be seized!"

As soon as Li Xuan opened his mouth, he set the tone for this matter. No matter what, he must dare to arrive and seize the Lanjiang ferry before the Ming army crosses the river. This is not to ambush the Ming army, but to stop the Ming army in Lanjiang. beyond the river.

Because according to the current position and speed of the Ming army, they will definitely be able to reach the edge of the Lanjiang River tomorrow afternoon. Whether they will take the risk to cross the river directly in the evening, or will cross the river the next morning, this is unknown.

However, even if the main force of the Ming army did not cross the river in the evening, they would definitely send some of their forwards to cross the river first.

After all, the generals of the Ming army can't be fooled on the spot. If Li Xuan and the others can think of half-crossing and attacking, they will definitely consider the danger of crossing the river.

And what Li Xuan and the others have to do tomorrow afternoon is to kill the Ming army's forwards, or force them back, so that they cannot successfully seize the Lanjiang ferry, so as to cover the Ming army's crossing the river.

After Li Xuan set the tone, the follow-up discussions were simple, mainly discussing some specific action plans, especially what to do after arriving at the Lanjiang ferry.

In this regard, Li Xuan did not participate too much, but listened to them!

When these people were discussing, Zeng Ziwen's role was also getting bigger and bigger. Although this person's actual ability to lead troops to fight was not very good, he used to be Butcher Chen and Fang Dongquan on the battlefield. The theoretical work is still good.

He is very good at arranging marching and camping, and he is also knowledgeable when it comes to various strategies.

However, Li Xuan also knew that Zeng Ziwen was only talking about it verbally. If he really asked him to lead the troops according to his own plan, the end would be very tragic.

This is also the reason why Li Xuan did not send Zeng Ziwen into the army to lead the troops, but continued to let him serve as the chief combat officer.

As a superior, the most important thing to do is to put the right person in the right position. Zeng Ziwen is good at talking about soldiers on paper. You have to let him lead the army, which is harming others and harming yourself.

After everyone agreed on the action plan for tomorrow, they dispersed, and Li Xuan also entered the tent early to rest.

There was no word for the night, and the next day was not yet bright. Many people in the Datang New Army had already woken up~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The guys in each army had to take advantage of the night to cook, so that they would be able to eat at dawn. When it is light, let the soldiers who wake up have breakfast as soon as possible, and start marching after breakfast.

It was not too late for Li Xuan to get up. After he got up, he took a group of officers to inspect the barracks. After confirming that nothing happened, he returned to his tent and started to have breakfast.

It didn't take long for the sky to become completely clear. At the same time, more than a thousand people from the new army of the Tang Dynasty also embarked on a new day's journey. They had to arrive at the Lanjiang ferry before the Ming army. Jiangdukou, then it is necessary to defeat the forward of the Ming army and retake the Lanjiang ferry.

The sun gradually rose, and the armies of the only two dynasties within a radius of several hundred miles were gradually approaching. In the morning, a group of generals of the Ming army gathered together to talk, and it didn't take long for the Ming army to separate from the queue. An army of about five hundred men, they carried nothing but arms and armor.

Under the leadership of a thousand households, they broke away from the main force of the Ming army and accelerated towards the Lanjiang ferry.

If you look down from the sky, the two armies of Datang and Daming are almost heading towards each other in a straight line, and their meeting point is the Lanjiang Ferry!