The distance from Qiwu Mountain to the Lushui River Valley in Yinzhou is really a bit far, about one or two hundred miles, and in order to avoid being discovered by horse thieves, the army also deliberately detoured a way, so that the distance is longer, and the total distance of two hundred miles is still there.

According to the speed of the rapid march of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, there is no pressure on the journey of a hundred miles in one day and one night, so that the distance of two hundred miles can be reached in two days, and the horse thieves carry more materials, and it will take at least three or four days to reach the Lushui River Valley, so the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses have enough time to prepare, and as long as they are well prepared, they can more easily annihilate the horse thieves and annihilate these horse thieves in one fell swoop.

Ang Lee's goal is to use the minimum loss to obtain the effect of annihilating the horse thief, it is best not to sacrifice a soldier, and as long as he is well prepared, this goal can be completely achieved, as long as he is willing to work hard, there is nothing that cannot be achieved.

The speed of the march of the army at night is naturally subject to considerable restrictions, and if the march speed is too fast, it is easy to cause casualties, but in the daytime, the speed of the march can be appropriately accelerated.

Although the soldiers were very tired all night, and the horses were tired, except for the rest when eating, the rest of the time had to be spent on the march, because the time during the day was precious, and it was necessary to march as much as possible to reach the Lushui Valley as soon as possible, so that there would be more time to prepare for the goal of zero casualties envisioned by Ang Lee.

After a hard night's work, another whole day, at night, you can camp and rest, and after resting, the next morning, you will start the hard march again, and arrive at the Lushui Valley in one fell swoop, and complete this march.

After a night of rapid marching, the soldiers were all very tired, yawning soldiers abounded, this is the time for breakfast, the soldiers can get a moment of rest, and the horses can also take this opportunity to eat some horse grass to replenish their strength.

In order to save time, the soldiers' meals are relatively simple, that is, simple ordinary ingredients, each soldier took out the dried steamed buns that had been prepared for a long time, as well as specially distributed pickles and dried meat, in addition, the soldiers in charge of logistics hurriedly boiled some hot water, and sent it to each soldier, so that the soldiers could drink warm.

Li An's ingredients will naturally not be so vulgar, these are the treatment of ordinary soldiers, as a senior official of the imperial court, Li An can not be treated the same as ordinary soldiers wherever he goes, there is a special small stove.

The soldier in charge of making the small stove soon brought Li An several side dishes, all of which were freshly copied delicious, including spicy beef, poached eggs, and frozen beef cuts, as well as an egg soup, and more than a dozen meat buns that were just hot.

With so much deliciousness, Ang Lee naturally can't eat it alone, but with Lao Guo here, if the two of them enjoy it together, there won't be much leftover.

"Lao Guo! Stop nibbling on dry steamed buns and eat a good meal together! ”

Li An saw Lao Guo take out the dry steamed bun and spoke.

This product is also yes, obviously you can eat a small stove, but you have to share the joys and sorrows with ordinary soldiers, what the soldiers eat, he eats, and he doesn't think about his body at all, this kind of practice of sharing joys and sorrows with soldiers, anyway, Li An doesn't like it very much, because the body is his own, and he can't treat himself too badly, if the general is sick, it will be a major loss for the whole army, especially for the elderly like Lao Guo, they must pay extra attention to their bodies, and they can't be compared with these strong guys.

"Haha! Li Shilang really won't lose himself no matter what the environment! No matter how difficult the environment is, you must eat and drink well! ”

Lao Guo opened his mouth and sat down.

"The body is your own, how can you easily treat yourself badly? If you can eat good, why do you have to nibble on cold steamed buns, isn't this asking for sin? ”

Li An said.

Lao Guo said with a smile: "What Li Shilang said is also reasonable, but it is nothing to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers occasionally, this rapid march is very hard, all the soldiers are very tired, and the materials can be brought less, if it is to take care of me alone, and let the soldiers bring more food, it will increase the burden on the soldiers, and when I am in the camp, I eat better than ordinary soldiers!" It's okay to be hard once in a while. ”

Obviously, Lao Guo felt that this action was too important, at this critical moment, he wanted to share weal and woe with ordinary soldiers, so as to inspire the soldiers to work hard to complete the task, the generals were gnawing steamed buns, what else could ordinary soldiers do.

"Lao Guo! You're not young anymore, you're an old man, don't be as desperate as a young man! If you really damage your body, the loss will be too great! ”

Li An opened his mouth to persuade.

"It's okay, it's okay, my old Guo's body is tough? It's okay to nibble on a cold steamed bun once in a while, but since Li Shilang graciously invited, then I'm not welcome, the steamed bun has already eaten halfway, so I can only continue to eat, I will also taste these side dishes, hahaha! ”

Lao Guo seemed very optimistic, and he didn't feel that suffering was a crime at all.

Because of the hurry, breakfast should not be too long, but at the same time, it should not be too short, for if possible, lunch will not be eaten, and the army will march forward until it is time to camp in the evening.

At the time of departure, in order to prevent being discovered by horse thieves, the team set off in groups, but after leaving Qiwu Mountain, so many soldiers and horses naturally did not need to hide and hide like this, and slowly gathered together.

After eating and drinking, the army of more than 1,000 people set off again, and went straight to the Lushui River Valley in Yinzhou at the fastest speed, and in order to prevent the army from leaving traces, dozens of soldiers left traces dedicated to cleaning, and they erased all the traces of the army's walking and staying, so that it was not easy to be discovered by horse thieves.

Dozens of miles away, the horse thieves are also having breakfast, after they finish breakfast, they are about to set off, yesterday they ate too much, drank too much, so that this morning, many horse thieves seem a little weak, but a little adaptation.

Breakfast is quite rich, this is also the most sumptuous meal on their way, after this meal is finished, they will never have such a sumptuous dinner, the conditions on the road are more difficult, they must be able to save the province, according to the action arrangement, this time, the fastest half a month, the slowest month, they can arrive at the Hutu Mountain in the east of the river.

"Little Brother Ma, why do I feel half of my head hurt!"

The fat man said uncomfortably while drinking porridge.

The foal said, "Fatty, you drank several jars of wine last night, and told you not to drink so much, but you didn't listen, and now you know that you have a headache!" Who can be blamed for this? It's not for you. ”

The fat man regretted: "I knew it was so uncomfortable, I didn't drink so much yesterday, oops, it's so uncomfortable!" How can I get there later! ”

The headache is that he hasn't sobered up yet, but this is not a difficult thing for the foal, and how to cure the hangover, the pony is very good? He knew a lot of secret recipes for hangovers, and he secretly prepared them last night in order to take care of his brother.

"Fatty, don't be afraid, what about me? Seeing how much you drank last night, I knew you were definitely going to get drunk, so I had already prepared a decanting soup for you to see what it was. ”

The foal spoke.

"Special effect decanting soup, Brother Xiaoma, you can really do it, you can think of this in advance, brother, thank you, I must drink more."

The fat man said gratefully, and drank the decanting soup in a big gulp, the taste of drunkenness was very uncomfortable, the whole head was very painful, after drinking the decanting soup, people will be much more comfortable, and there are so many types of decanting soup, it is estimated that no one knows how many kinds, in short, there are too many soups that can be used to relieve hangover.

"It's so comfortable, I'm more comfortable, it's happy, it's really happy!"

The fat man said very comfortably.

There were too many horse thieves who drank too much last night, but the foal naturally does not prepare sobering soup for others, he is with the fat man every day, and it is inevitable that he will have feelings, and for other horse thieves, he has no feelings at all, so he naturally doesn't care if these guys are comfortable.

Every drunk horse thief feels a headache unbearable, and there is also a phenomenon of weakness, in response to this situation, the horse thief leader is also helpless, however, the trip must not be delayed, they must set off as soon as possible.

"Big brother, brother has gone first."

The thin monkey and the hundred brothers under his command were ready to set off after breakfast, because they did not need to carry a lot of things outside their bodies, so their journey would be easier, but the road they had to take was more treacherous, much more dangerous than the road that the leader of the horse thieves had to take, so it was actually not easy.

"Brother Skinny Monkey, be careful all the way! Don't forget to set up camp early and send some brothers to meet us. ”

The leader of the horse thieves spoke.

"Big brother, don't worry! I won't forget. ”

The thin monkey spoke, and immediately led more than a hundred horse thieves under his command, left the lair, and first went to Hedong Hutu Mountain, this guy's goal is to arrive at Hedong Hutu Mountain within ten days, each of them has a horse, and also bring an extra dozen horses, in order to prevent accidents with horses on the road, affecting the overall action.

Watching the Thin Monkey Brother leave, the leader of the horse thieves looked at One-Eyed and said, "One-Eyed Brother, you will go first later, and I will personally keep a distance of three miles from you behind the back hall." ”

One-eyed said: "Big brother, the transportation task that my department is responsible for is the heaviest, and I am afraid that it will be very slow to walk in front!" ”

The leader of the horse thieves nodded and said, "Brother, I know that it is because you are walking slowly that you are allowed to walk in front, and if our department walks in front, the distance between you and you will become larger and larger." ”

One-eyed nodded and said: "It's hard work for the eldest brother, the brother must let the people below work hard, strive to go faster, and arrive at Hutu Mountain in Hedong as soon as possible." ”

The leader of the horse thieves nodded in satisfaction.

Because the road conditions along the way are more complicated, and, can not go through the checkpoint yet, therefore, the use of vehicles to transport materials is not realistic, in many precipitous places are not open to traffic, horse thieves want to transport treasures, they can only choose to use horses to consign, on many steep mountain roads, vehicles can not pass, but horses can barely pass, the use of horses to directly carry treasures is a very good note, with a strong realistic operability.

However, the number of horses owned by horse thieves is also relatively limited, and if they are used to carry treasures, there will not be enough horses for horse thieves to ride, and after horses carry supplies, it is not easy to walk on their own, and they need to be led by horse thieves, so most horse thieves can only lead horses to walk, and only a few high-status horse thieves can ride horses.

Although the foal and the fat man are small heads, they are in charge of logistics, so in this case they are not qualified to ride, and they both lead the horses to walk.

In addition to carrying the heavy treasures, the horses also had to bear the dry food of the horse thieves, and the horse thieves who led the horses put their dry food and weapons on the back of the horses, so as to reduce their burden and make themselves walk faster and easier.

After breakfast, One-Eye and more than 100 horses under his command set off first, along the rugged mountain road, there were horse thieves had already inquired, there were no officers and soldiers patrolling this road, so they walked so calmly, at the beginning, they were still a little nervous, but after walking for more than 20 miles, after finding that there was no danger, they gradually relaxed their vigilance, thinking that there would be no officers and soldiers.

In addition, after walking twenty miles, the horse thieves became quite tired, after all, the road conditions are not familiar with too good, and it is naturally very tiring to walk, and they have to lead the horses, which is naturally more tiring, which makes the horse thieves walk more and more slowly, and many horse thieves began to complain, especially the horse thieves who were drunk last night and had a sore head, and even said strange things.

"Brothers, this is just the beginning, this is complaining, how long will this be complaining!"

One-eyed heard the complaints of his brothers, and yelled angrily, he knew that there were too many difficulties and obstacles on this road, although the first part of the road was difficult to walk, but the horses could pass smoothly, and when the road behind which even the horses could not pass, the brothers would be even more tired, which made him very worried.

The foal hurriedly spoke: "Brother Eye, don't be angry, the brothers just complain a few words casually, it's not a big deal, brothers, work hard, work hard!" ”

The horse thieves were scolded by One-Eye, and they all kept silent, their arms could not twist their thighs, they had fought One-Eyed there, even if they had resentment in their hearts, they could only endure it, besides, this was just the beginning, and they did not suffer too much sin.