Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 128 This is an Opportunity
It took more than 20 miles to run from the place where Lingcao was feigning defeat to the Baicang River, almost a quarter of the distance of a marathon.

In fact, the defeated Ling Cao's army in front and the Shanyue bandit soldiers chasing after them gradually became a little tired. During the chase and escape, the Shanyue bandit soldiers who were chasing behind would occasionally approach Ling Cao's team and throw a round The short spear made of bamboo and wood caused confusion among Ling Cao's feigned defeat soldiers.

Ling Cao, who was pretending to be defeated in front, occasionally stopped with his archers and fired a round of feather arrows to suppress the pursuit speed of the Shanyue bandit soldiers, giving his team some time to escape.

In fact, there were times when Zu Lang's Shanyue bandit soldiers wanted to give up the pursuit. These officers and soldiers were so good at escaping, and they fired arrows from time to time. Not many officers and soldiers were killed, but many of the people they were chasing were shot to death.

But Ling Cao would also take people to stop and rest at the right time, so that they felt that there was still a chance to catch up. As a result, under Zu Lang's order, the Shanyue bandits finally chased Ling Cao tightly all the way.
Although the chasers and escapers stopped to rest during this process, such a long journey could not be changed, so at the end of the chase, both the escapers and the chasers were exhausted to the limit.

Ling Cao in front of him could no longer stabilize the falsely defeated army formation. All the soldiers lost their formation completely, sweating profusely, panting, half running and half walking with messy steps, some soldiers really lost their troops and unloaded. As for the armor, the archers can no longer draw the bowstring.

Even Ling Cao himself was panting from exhaustion, but when he saw the Baicang River in front of him and the several pontoon bridges erected on the Baicang River, Ling Cao felt a lot more relaxed. At least everything was going according to plan, and he was about to complete the task. .

"Brothers, hoho, work harder. The camp is ahead. You can see the river. Hoho, there is a bridge on the river. After crossing the bridge, we will be safe!"

Ling Cao shouted loudly in his mouth, and then let the guards around him shout together, and soon the shout spread all around.

"Run, it's safe to cross the river!"

"Come on, cross the river quickly!"

"Run, run!"

The soldiers under Ling Cao shouted one after another, and finally they regained some of their strength, and ran towards the direction of the Baicang River with all their strength.

And the Shanyue bandits led by Zu Lang ran like a marathon, and they had already been divided into several blocks along the way.

Many Shanyue bandit soldiers chased and ran, and then stopped halfway to rest. Zulang's nearly [-] to [-] Shanyue bandit soldiers, depending on their physical strength, almost dragged along the road halfway.

Many Shanyue thieves sat down on the way, panting, scolding Ling Cao's soldiers for running like rabbits, like mountain people who came to the market.

In the hands of many of these Shanyue bandit soldiers, they were still looking at the mess left by Ling Cao's soldiers just now.

These deliberately discarded things are good things in the hands of these mountain bandit soldiers. Some people have already worn the things they picked up on themselves.

Only the strongest Shanyue bandit soldiers at the front still followed Ling Cao's soldiers under Zu Lang's order to offer a reward.

At this time, Zu Lang, commander of the Shanyue sect who was in charge of the whole army, did not chase and kill at the front like ordinary Shanyue. He temporarily stopped in the middle of the entire Shanyue bandit army, standing on a hillside and looking forward.

He could already see the Baicang River in the distance, like a white ribbon lying across the plain landform like a sandy beach in front of him.

At the same time, Zu Lang also saw the five pontoon bridges on the Baicang River, and an army barracks not far from the other side of the pontoon bridge. Zu Lang could see that the people in the barracks seemed to have seen the officers who were being hunted down. Some officers and soldiers came out of the camp in panic, ready to meet the team led by Ling Cao.

However, the performance of the officers and soldiers coming out of the army camp made Zu Lang suddenly move his brows. These officers and soldiers looked like some new soldiers. There was no formation in the queue, and even the weapons and armor were not neatly held.

It seemed that the sudden pursuit was somewhat unexpected by the officers and soldiers. For some reason, Zu Lang felt secretly proud.

"Come on, let the brothers in the back work harder, we will directly kill across the river and capture the camp of the officers and soldiers, haha, then there will be food and drink!"

Zu Lang looked at it and suddenly felt that this was an opportunity. As long as he could chase the official army into the official camp, he would be able to gain a foothold in Lingyang County.

If he could seize the supplies in the official and military camp, his Shanyue bandit soldiers would not have to worry about logistical issues for the time being.

The logistics supplies of the Shanyue bandit soldiers are actually not very large, so they have to go all the way to replenish food and supplies at any time.

It can be said that Zu Lang deliberately concealed his marching traces, that is to say, when he went out from the mountains to plunder places, he could be caught by surprise, so that no one would know his whereabouts, and he ran away beforehand.

This can also be regarded as Zu Lang's experience in leading the Shanyue bandits out of the mountains to plunder for many years, and gradually robbed them.

Therefore, Zu Lang usually chooses the time of the autumn harvest when he led the Shanyue bandit soldiers out of the mountain to plunder. In this way, even if people run away, the grain grown in the field cannot escape, and he can also take the opportunity to harvest the grain in the field. , as a supply for the Shanyue bandit soldiers he brought.

But this time Zu Lang sent troops at a different time than usual, so he brought more than 2 Shanyue elites plus more than 8000 logistics auxiliary troops. The food that needs to be consumed every day is definitely a large number. By robbing ordinary villages and places The houses of wealthy households may not be able to meet their needs.

Zu Lang's logistics supplies are already somewhat insufficient now. He urgently needs new sources of supplies, otherwise his Shanyue bandit soldiers will only have enough food for four or five days.

Originally, he was planning to go to Lingyang County to find a village or local rich man's house and plunder it to meet his logistical needs.

But now that Zu Lang saw the official and military camp on the other side of the Baicang River, he had a better idea. Isn't this a gift from God? As long as he captures this official and military camp, his army will not have to worry about food problems for the time being. .

Of course, Zu Lang is also a cautious person. Now his army is completely out of formation in order to pursue the less than two thousand Han army. He is also very worried that someone will attack his army at this time. .

That's why he is standing on this hillside now, watching the environment ahead to avoid an ambush attack by the army.

However, there is no place suitable for ambush on the east bank of the Baicang River, and the surrounding flat land can also be seen at a glance on the west bank. Zu Lang has not found anything unusual for the time being, but he is not worried that someone will ambush him around the Baicang River.

And the official army camp on the west bank of the Baicang River seems to be able to accommodate six to seven thousand people. From the place where Zu Lang is standing, you can see that there are piles of grain and warehouses in the official army camp. There is also a grain depot, and what looks like a weapon depot.

This may be the food and grass camp set up by the official army, but because of their rapid actions, the official army is not prepared yet.

Looking at the emptiness of this official army camp, Zu Lang was very moved...

(End of this chapter)