Without further ado, after discussion, it was decided that the adjutant general Tian Guangxi would take a small number of men and horses to stay behind to clean up the battlefield and send people to escort the wounded back to the corps for further treatment, while the commander Yang Guangliang, the supervising army Cao Decao and the adjutant general Huang Yongyi led a large group of men and horses to catch up in the direction pursued by the Huathornzimo army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chasing to the border line, the army converged with the army of Flower Thorn Zimo.

"General Bolcheng, did you catch up with the Great Food Defeat Army?" Cao Decao asked loudly.

Bolcheng hit his horse to meet him, and Le Ma stopped and stroked his chest and said: "General Yang, General Cao, General Huang, we only chased and killed more than 100 people, and more than 100 people of the Great Food Cavalry escaped to their own territory!" How did a few generals catch up with a large army? Do you generals think that I will be defeated by a few hundred routs? ”

Yang Guangliang shook his head and said: "General Bolcheng, don't get me wrong, a few of us have discussed that we can't let the Great Food Army bully like this, although we have annihilated them, but this evil breath in our hearts has not come out yet, we must return the color!" They can cross borders into our sphere of influence, so why can't we go to their turf and show our might? However, in this matter, you are the main victims, this general wants to ask the general's thoughts, if the general's Excellency agrees, then we can act together, if the general's Excellency has concerns, you can also stay, set up camp here to meet us, I don't know what the general wants? ”

Bolcheng hesitated a little and said, "Isn't it a bit hasty for the three generals to make such a decision?" After all, it is not a trivial matter to enter the territory of the Great Food Country, and besides, there is no such order above! If we do this and start a full-scale war, once the above is investigated, we may not be able to eat and walk away! ”

Cao Decao said: "General Bolcheng is too worried, since the above has ordered us to take the initiative to attack, to give the big food that crossed the border a color, now a small number of the big food army that crossed the border fled back, of course we have to chase after all of them and kill them, the above order does not let us stop at the boundary, so that we chase into the territory of the big food country is not considered to be a violation of the military order!" Besides, even if the above investigates it, it will only hold us responsible, not the general, the general just obeys orders! ”

When Bolcheng was told by Cao Decao, he immediately laughed: "Since General Cao is in charge, I naturally have no problem, I have endured it for a long time, and I have long wanted to give the Great Food Army a little bit of power!" ”

Yang Guangliang immediately said: "Since General Bolcheng agrees, then we will set off quickly and capture Guchang and Mashad before the big cannibals can react!" ”

Borcheng was quite surprised: "Go now?" So fast? ”

Yang Guangliang said: "The sooner the better, the sooner we reach Guchang, the less resistance we will encounter, if we wait for the Great Food Army of Khorasan to find out, then it will be much more difficult for us to capture the two cities!" In addition, General Ben has sent someone to inform Kurkure, so that he can quickly come and join us with his men and horses, and when we take Guchang and Mashad, the maintenance of law and order will be handed over to Kurkure, on the one hand, Kurkure is a Khorasan Persian, and his and his people will not be hostile in that area, if there is something inconvenient for us to do, with Kurkure and his people to do it, the local Persians will not directly contradict us, so there is room for maneuver! ”

Bolcheng was surprised by Yang Guangliang's delicate thoughts, and he said: "The general thinks about maneuvering, I admire it, just do it, I obey the general's command!" ”

"Well, the herald ordered the army to set off, send reconnaissance rangers to explore the road in front, and pursue it in the direction of the escape of the Great Eclipse Army, with the general's men and horses as the lead, and our army will follow!"

"Yes!" Bolcheng agreed, and immediately ordered his subordinates to leave immediately.

After the military order was issued, both the officers and men of the Western Qin Army and the soldiers of Hua Thorn Zimo put away their water bottles and dry food bags, checked their equipment and turned over their horses, put on their earthy gray scarves again to cover their mouths and noses, and arranged their formations under the officer's drinking order, and drove forward in a group. When marching in the desert army, unless you stop to rest, you should usually cover your mouth and nose with a face towel to prevent the sand from blowing into your mouth and nose, and if you are blown into or inhaled by the sand, it will be very uncomfortable.

It was not too far from the border to Guchang, only more than two hundred li, this distance was not a problem for the cavalry at all, and it could be reached in one day, but in the process of marching, it was delayed for some time because of the need to chase after the fleeing Dashi rout.

The reconnaissance rangers caught up with the fleeing more than 100 large food rout troops in a small village more than 60 miles southwest of the border line, Yang Guangliang immediately ordered Bolcheng to send 300 cavalry to surround and annihilate him, Bolcheng sent a 500 commander to lead 300 cavalry to attack, and the rest of the people continued to advance rapidly in the direction of Guchang.

After nightfall, the soldiers finished eating, drinking, and Lazar on horseback, and in the process the army kept moving at a high speed.

The sky was completely dark, the sky was full of stars, Cao Decao caught up with Yang Guangliang and shouted: "Old Yang, we are in the desert now, and we are in a hurry at night, it is easy to get lost, my opinion is to order the army to stop and rest, and then go on the road at dawn tomorrow, the walls of Guchang City and Mashad City are only one zhang high, even if we attack us, we can take them, what do you think?" ”

At this time, the difference between the main general and the supervising army was highlighted, and the two of them ran to the side with their own soldiers to let the army continue to pass, Yang Guangliang shook his head and said: "Although the one-zhang high city wall is not high, it is also a city wall, and our war horses can't jump over it, unless there is no city wall." Even if we can take it down by storming, we will definitely have to suffer a lot of losses! Your concerns are valid, but if we can't take them by surprise, then there is no point in this quick attack! ”

After speaking, Yang Guangliang took the map from the hands of the army, a personal soldier held a torch to illuminate the map, Yang Guangliang found the location of Guchang City on the map, and said: "Guchang City is in the southwest direction, the sky is full of stars tonight, there are Big Dipper stars for us to position, and we also have a compass to identify the direction, as long as there is no sandstorm, the chance of getting lost is very small, even if there is a sandstorm, we can camp in time to stop advancing, and then move forward after the sandstorm has passed!" ”

Cao Decao touched his beard, "You are the main general, you have the highest decision-making power during the war, since you have decided to do this, then continue to march, hoping to find Guchang City and attack before dawn!" ”

Yang Guangliang comforted: "Don't worry, Lao Cao, there are people in the scout camp who have been to Guchang and Mashard, no problem!" ”

The desert was a little cold at night, and some of the soldiers were shivering on horseback, and had to wrap themselves in blankets, but even then, the thin face towels did not protect them from the cold, and ice flakes formed on everyone's face towels and eyebrows.

"Report - General Qiyu, there is a river twenty miles ahead after turning over this hill, the river is not wide, the water flow is gentle, and the subordinates have come, if I remember correctly, it is the Atrak River, there is a city on the other side of the river, it should be Guchang City!"

"Good!" Yang Guangliang's hanging heart finally let go, he didn't get lost, he didn't encounter a sandstorm, and he found an accurate target before dawn, which was lucky for the army that rushed overnight.

Yang Guangliang turned his head and asked the army: "What time is it?" ”

Joining the army said: "When I first arrived in Yin! ”

Yang Guangliang immediately said: "Order the whole army to slow down the march, drink water and eat before reaching the bank of the Atrak River!" ”

"Yes!"

After a quarter of an hour, the army finally reached the north bank of the Atrak River, and the scouts had found the place to cross the river and sent men to investigate.

The sentry stationed at the river came to meet Yang Guangliang, and Yang Guangliang couldn't wait to ask, "How wide is the river?" What is the depth of the water? What is the water temperature? ”

The remaining scoutpost replied: "He is fifty zhang wide, the water depth is like horseback, the water temperature is cool, the water flow is gentle, and this place is suitable for crossing the river!" ”

Yang Guangliang was overjoyed and asked again: "How long has it been since the rest of the sentry team?" ”

"Two quarters of an hour!"

Yang Guangliang thought for a while, and immediately ordered: "Call a few people, divide into two groups to explore along the upstream and downstream of the riverbank, this general needs to know all the terrain and landforms within twenty miles of the upstream and downstream and whether there are ambushes, go quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Guangliang is not careful, this is the first time he led the troops to fight alone, and it is also the first time he led the troops to fight across the border, once there is something that is not paid attention to and causes defeat, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out, this is not the sphere of influence of Western Qin, but the Khorasan Province of the Great Food Country, the people here are hostile to all those who are not of the same faith because of their different beliefs, and they have no hospitable habits and traditions.

Half an hour later, the torches were lit on the other side of the river, and the light swayed rhythmically, this is the sentry in the flag transmission, the Western Qin army has a complex set of flag language, only the specially studied flag officer, herald and sentry can understand, and the content of this set of flag language is in the minds of these people, after memorizing it, the flag manual will be burned, even if some of them are captured by the enemy, the enemy can not easily get the content of this set of flags from them, even if they get it, there is no way to verify the authenticity.

The outpost on the other side of the river sent a signal that they had ascertained the situation around Guchang City and confirmed that there was no danger around, but they were still unclear about the situation in Guchang City, and they had not yet had time to sneak into the city.

Half an hour later, the sentinels sent to the upper and lower reaches of the river bank to investigate returned to report on the situation of the exploration, and in addition to presenting the relevant topographic and geomorphological maps, it was also confirmed that no dangerous situation had been found, and Yang Guangliang immediately gave the order to cross the river, and the whole army forbade all noise of any kind of noise, especially when crossing the river.

The sentries had already made some preparations for the army to cross the river, and they had drawn two ropes on the river, and the soldiers crossed the river on horseback, and they could also hold on to the ropes to avoid accidentally falling into the river.