The withdrawal of the Xingtian Army was relatively slow, and a team of soldiers packed up their bags, dressed in the simple clothes that they had made up by themselves in the past few days, and began to gradually evacuate the camp of Dashu Mountain, carrying the necessary materials with them, giving up some irrelevant things, and then leaving the camp one after another, and slowly began to withdraw troops in the direction of Fengyang Mansion.

The rain in the sky stopped at this time, the roads were unusually muddy, and the sappers became the hardest people in the Xingtian army at this time, they had to find a way to pave the road in front of the team, constantly cutting down the trees on the roadside, laying the trunks and branches on the muddy road, for the army to transport the heavy wagons and artillery wagons to pass, otherwise, the heavy wheels would be deeply immersed in the mud, and the heavy rain for several days made the ditches everywhere full of rivers and flat, many small ditches and small rivers, where they could have passed without having to build bridgesNow it is also necessary to build a temporary bridge for soldiers and horses and heavy vehicles to pass, making the withdrawal of the Xingtian Army also very slow and difficult.

But even so, the generals of the various units still had to stop constantly, braving the rain in the mud soup to pull out the vehicles that were stuck in the mud, everywhere there was the sound of shouting trumpets, mules and horses snorted, panting and struggling in the mud, dragging the vehicles, many war horses also had to temporarily change their careers, were used as towing vehicles, including cavalry also dismounted on foot, saving the war horses to help drag the baggage.

In order to ensure that this is not what the Xingtian Army is playing, Wu Dapu also sent a group of bold soldiers and gave them a heavy reward, so they sneaked out of the city to investigate the movements of the Xingtian Army to ensure that the news was not fake.

Half a day later, someone ran back to Luzhou City, telling Wu Dapu that the Xingtian Army had indeed withdrawn its troops, and that a large number of Xingtian Army had already evacuated the camp of the Dashu Mountain Bandit Army, and were retreating in the direction of Fengyang Mansion in the rain, and they had lost a lot of things along the way, obviously they had no intention of attacking Luzhou City again.

In this way, the defenders in Luzhou City were completely relieved, and Wu Dapu hurriedly sent people out of the city to report the good news to the south, saying that they had defeated the thief army in Luzhou City, and had forced the Xingtian thieves to abandon Luzhou City and withdraw their troops to return north.

But no one found that at this time, there were thousands of soldiers of the Xingtian Army, under the cover of the rain curtain, bypassing the other side of Dashu Mountain, stepping on the mud all over the ground, and sliding step by step towards the south of Luzhou City.

Liu Yaoben didn't ride a horse, he followed the team of people and horses on foot in the mud and struggled to advance, kept shouting loudly to the soldiers and generals passing by, cheering them up, urging them to work harder to hurry, everyone was wet, mud and water, all of them were like chickens in soup, they looked very embarrassed, but the morale was much higher than the previous two days, some soldiers thought that the clothes made on their bodies were in the way, and they were not used, anyway, they were already soaked, so they simply threw the clothes to the side of the road. Carrying only their armor, they strode through the mud and walked forward.

In ancient times, although attention was also paid to the construction of official roads, but that era was destined to have no modern roads, it is good to say on a sunny day, but once it encounters continuous heavy rain, even the best official roads will be muddy, and the forced march in such road conditions is undoubtedly a great test for people's will, which is why Xiao Tianjian handed over this task to Liu Yao to carry out.

Liu Yaoben's Guards Division may not be the strongest in the Xingtian Army in terms of combat effectiveness, but if it is about will and loyalty, then there is absolutely no one that can surpass them, the soldiers and generals of the Guards Division are relatively young, and almost all the backbone officers are from the junior battalion or later from the martial arts hall, these people are young and strong, and they have a lot of blood, they don't want to die in battle, and they are extremely loyal to Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian is even sure that even if he lets these people jump off the cliff, but he doesn't give them a reason, Most of these people will not hesitate to choose to step out of their legs and jump off the cliff, so when Xiao Tianjian's order was issued, these people did not hesitate to faithfully carry out the order, braving the heavy rain and leading their soldiers into the heavy rain.

In such weather, all the people who have a little way not to go out will never choose to go out on the road in such a situation, so there is a kind of posture on the road everywhere where a thousand mountains and birds fly away from the traces of thousands of people, basically it can be said that there is no one to see, even the fine work and reconnaissance of the official army will never choose to reconnoiter everywhere in such weather, so although Liu Yaoben led thousands of men and horses to march along the avenue, there is no need to worry about being discovered by the government, and in order to ensure the success of their operation, There are also some scouts in front of the head to lead the way, for the back of the brigade to clear the pedestrians on the road, where they meet someone, no matter what they do, the scouts this time did not show mercy, feel the threat of the big people will kill directly, if it is the threat of small people will be tied into a dumpling to sneak into the woods to tie up, rob their things, let them mistakenly think that they have encountered robbers, extraordinary times to take extraordinary measures, this is also a last resort, So they don't have to worry about being held accountable for indiscriminately killing innocents afterwards or qiangjie (Forehead God!). This word is also a forbidden word, don't write novels in the future! Liability for property.

Moreover, Liu Yaoben led his troops to set off this time, without carrying any heavy baggage vehicles, nor with a single artillery, but only ordered the soldiers to carry more than a dozen captured light tiger squat cannons as their heavy firepower weapons, which can be said to be completely lightly armed, each soldier only carried a portable weapon, and did not bring heavy armor, only brought an iron helmet and cuirass, and the things that could be lightly loaded were left to other soldiers and horses who withdrew to Fengyang Mansion, so although the road was difficult, but for their lightly armed infantry army, It is still possible to maintain a relatively fast speed, but such a march in the rain is very physically demanding for the soldiers, and even the generals of the Xingtian Army, who are known as iron legs, cannot maintain a long and rapid march, so compared to normal circumstances, their marching speed is still affected to a certain extent.

This time their destination is Anqing Mansion, Xiao Tianjian lost in the attack on Luzhou because of the weather, he had to reconsider the new battle plan, it is inevitable to attack Luzhou, but the weather caused them to be unable to capture the fortified city of Luzhou in a short period of time, but the withdrawal of Fengyang Mansion is obviously not in line with his plan, that will improve the morale of the government of Nanzhili a lot, and at the same time will seriously delay their plan to attack Nanjing City, so he began to think about another risky plan, That is, taking advantage of the cover of such weather, a surprise attack on Anqing Mansion, a node on the Yangtze River, a large number of officers and troops stationed in Jiujiang Mansion were intercepted in Jiujiang Mansion, and then the Xingtian Army under the command of Luo Rucai who guarded the Huguang area attacked Jiujiang Mansion, so that they could enter Nanzhili in two ways, making it difficult for Ding Qirui to take care of each other, so that it could also deal a heavy blow to the morale of the officials and troops of Nanzhili, forcing Ding Qirui not to dare to send reinforcements to reinforce Luzhou City after the weather improved.

In short, this plan is very risky, but once it succeeds, the profit is also very huge, he always said that the war is sometimes gambling, and it is not possible to do without the spirit of a gambler, although such bad weather hindered them from attacking Luzhou, but there is no doubt that this kind of weather is also a double-edged sword, if it is used well, it is also beneficial to the Xingtian Army.

No one would have imagined at this time that under such weather conditions, the Xingtian Army would suddenly divide its troops to attack Anqing Mansion, which was nearly three hundred miles away, so as long as the soldiers and horses sent could stealthily and suddenly appear under the city of Anqing Mansion, it was expected that the defenders of Anqing Mansion would never have any defense, so this time his adventure still had a considerable possibility of success.

Of course, once such an operation fails, it is also a very dangerous thing for the people who sent a surprise attack on Anqing Mansion, since it is a surprise attack, it is impossible to carry heavy weapons, and in this weather, it will also have a great impact on the exertion of firearms in Xingtian, once their equipment fails to attack, it is basically impossible to storm Anqing Mansion, in addition, they only carry three days of rations, and there is no chance to cook on the road, and if they can't take Anqing Mansion for three days, they will run out of food, and an army will have no food, Even the subordinates of the Xingtian Army will quickly lose their combat effectiveness and eventually collapse on the Yangtze River.

In addition, there is a danger that they will pass through Shucheng County and Lujiang County and other places on this trip, once their whereabouts are exposed, and the Anqing Mansion learns the news in advance, then the men and horses sent this time will still face great danger, but Xiao Tianjian after thinking about it for a while, and after detailed discussions with Li Xin and other staff officers of the General Staff, he still decided to take this risky move.

And Liu Yaoben was chosen by him as the candidate to complete this adventure mission, and when the army withdrew to Fengyang Mansion, he led his troops to quietly start to rush towards Anqing Mansion in the rain.

Three hundred miles of road, if it is according to the normal marching speed of the official army, even if the weather is good, it will take at least a few days to walk, but in such weather, Xiao Tianjian only gave Liu Yaoben three days of time.

In these three days, Liu Yao had to cross several counties, cross more than a dozen rivers of all sizes, and climb over a big mountain, and at the same time have to overcome all kinds of troubles brought to them by God, the soldiers and generals could not eat a mouthful of hot food, and in order to move secretly, they could not find inhabited villages or walled forts to shelter from the rain, marching in the rain during the day, and at night when they were tired, they could only find some woods to camp, after all, after they set off, in order to move forward lightly, they did not even bring a tent. At most, he brought some Xiao Tianjian to collect oilcloth for them in the army as much as possible, and propped them up at night to shield them from the rain.

So when many soldiers were tired at night, they would get together and squeeze under the tarpaulin to sleep, relying on each other's body temperature to keep warm, but after two days, many people suffered from the wind cold, began to have a fever, and when they walked, they swayed like a swing and lost their strength, and many people were sick, but they still insisted on moving forward, and their legs could not exert their strength at all, and they would fall to the ground and never get up again.