Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

The three guards and other men have received a lot of influence from their ears and eyes, but their experience of real military confrontation is rare. Now that they have such an opportunity, they all attach great importance to it and devote themselves to it with seriousness.

Since there were fewer people on the fighting side, they set off two-quarters of an hour early. And these two quarters of an hour in advance are undoubtedly the key factors that affect victory or defeat. If it can be used well, it will greatly improve the chance of victory.

According to general thinking, if you want to establish a sufficient advantage, you must naturally extend the distance as much as possible during the first two quarters of an hour. Going straight along Luoshui is the most reliable option.

However, Gao Jiong put forward a different view. In his opinion, the most critical issue in this training is breakout and interception, not the speed. Going straight along the river can indeed shorten the total distance and bring the distance to the destination closer, but it cannot establish any reliable advantage in breaking out.

It should be noted that this is a training process that lasts for three days and covers a distance of nearly two hundred miles. In these two quarters of an hour, even when they are at their strongest, they can run with heavy loads for more than ten miles.

However, their movement trajectories have always been in a state that can be monitored. If they are not hidden and interfered, it is not difficult for the opponent to catch up and intercept them. Once they enter a purely physical confrontation, then they have no chance of winning at all. .

Therefore, the key to this confrontation is to give full play to their initiative to take the first step, make full use of the condition that half of them can break through, and determine a limited sacrifice ratio from the beginning, so as to gain greater opportunities for other members. Chance.

Therefore, according to Gao Jie's plan, a quarter of an hour before leaving Shangyang Palace, the team still gathered together and rushed north along the Luoshui River. In this quarter of an hour, everyone had the strongest physical strength. Despite the burden of armor and food, they still ran for several miles, and even Shangyang Palace was left behind.

After the team arrived here, they no longer acted collectively. More than 50 people, including Gao Jie, were not on combat missions and carried only limited dry food on their backs. They went to the west bank of Luoshui via the pontoon bridge and headed north via the west bank of Luoshui.

As for the remaining nearly a hundred people, Cui Hongdu and other thirty of the most brave and aggressive people formed a small team and continued to move forward along Luoshui. Another thirty people followed a baggage cart behind. If the opponent caught up, these thirty people would fight against the cart to delay the opponent's progress as much as possible. If they were not caught up, they could supply supplies along the way.

Others formed a smaller team and moved further away from the shore of Luoshui. The geese flew sideways, keeping speed while waiting for opportunities to move in order to cope with the teams advancing straight along Luoshui.

According to Gao Jiong's idea, although the opponent has a large number of people, it is impossible to conduct a large-scale manhunt along the way. On the first day, since both sides have sufficient physical strength and supplies, and their alertness and fighting spirit are at their highest, there should be basically no confrontation.

Variables are most likely to occur on the second day. The first mover will be unable to continue, the pursuer will catch up, and the two sides will clash in the middle. Cui Hongdu and other two teams heading straight along Luo will cause certain obstacles to the pursuing team. Even if they are completely wiped out, they will buy valuable time for the teammates on both wings, giving them a better chance of successfully reaching Chengcheng Defense.

Of course, this is just a basic idea, and other variables will inevitably occur in the specific process. For example, when they were fighting for the first-mover advantage of two quarters of an hour, they also allowed the other party to have two horses to serve as scouts. This greatly improved the sensitivity of the other party's ears, eyes and eyes, and many accidents would occur during the confrontation.

Two quarters of an hour passed quickly, and the team responsible for chasing and intercepting also began to set off. The first to go out were naturally the two cavalry scouts. The two who served as scouts were He Ruolong, He Ruoden's eldest son, and Yang Zheng.

Although Sanwei Erlang is young, it does not mean that he is completely ignorant of the ways of the world. For these generals, riding and shooting is a skill they have practiced since childhood. Even if they are not very talented, they all have qualified skills.

The terrain along the Luoshui coast is not that complicated, so it doesn't make much difference who you choose to be the scout. The fathers of these two men are both the most powerful generals in the country at the moment, and they are also skilled in bows and horses, so they were naturally elected by the masses.

Yang Zheng abandoned his brother and chose to join a larger gang. He was immediately elected as the most important scout, and he was very happy. He turned over and jumped onto his horse. Without looking at Yang Jian, who was still taking inventory of supplies beside the car, he rode out with the cheers of his companions and began to look for traces of the other party's personnel.

After all the disciples came out, Yang Jian and others took inventory of the supplies, and then drove slowly out of Shangyang Palace. When several other people saw that their companions had disappeared, they couldn't help but become a little anxious. They urged their horses to move quickly, but Yang Jian only waved his hand and said: "This confrontation is not about quick success. Being hasty is easy to lose." , may not be able to catch up from behind.”

As the commander-in-chief of the Xunwei, Han Qinhu naturally did not participate in these quarrels. He only led his troops to follow behind to monitor and avoid any personnel accidents. When he was riding his horse and heard Yang Jian's words of comfort to his companions, he couldn't help but look at the cold-faced young man a few more times.

Among all the children of the honorary guards, apart from his family background, Yang Jian is not very outstanding. His personality is not outgoing and enthusiastic, and his military skills are not much to be praised. So many people do not believe that this is the case after learning about his life experience. The son of Zhu Guo Yang Zhong is so mediocre that one can't find any bright spots.

Han Qinhu had not paid much attention to Yang Jian before, but this time he paid attention to his words and deeds. After a little observation, he could not help but feel that Yang Jian might not be amazing, but his calmness and composure in the face of things surpassed many frivolous generals.

Although the group of disciples participated enthusiastically, the confrontation on the first day was still relatively boring. It was nothing more than chasing each other, and the two sides did not even come into contact. Only two scouts galloped on horseback and saw the actions of the opposing personnel, but even if they saw it, they could do nothing because the mobility of the large force behind them could not catch up at all.

Half a day of chasing without success made people feel a little discouraged, and these chasing personnel were not a large group to begin with. When it was almost dark in the evening, the differences between them became greater. Some people wanted to stay and rest, and recharge their energy, and then catch up in the second half of the night, while others wanted to close the distance in one go to prevent the other party from continuing to expand the distance advantage.

Since there was no consensus, they could only do their own thing. So soon more than 200 men from the Three Guards decided to continue the attack, and the scout Yang Zheng also decided to follow these people, taking advantage of the last bit of time before dark to determine the position of the opponent in front, and after returning to report, he led more than 200 companions to rush forward.

The target that Yang Zheng discovered and chose was naturally the team with the baggage cart, and this team also moved into a camp selected for them by the team in front after nightfall. This camp is located next to the river bend bridge. The road in front is narrow and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the road behind is wide and easy to assist.

Soon the pursuing troops killed here, relying on their large numbers, they immediately launched an attack. The so-called attack naturally could not be a real fight with real swords and guns. The main weapons used were wooden swords and wooden guns with limited lethality. All the participants had ribbons tied around their waists, and they would be considered dead if they were torn or taken away.

Seeing the other side launch an attack, the fugitives naturally fought back. Soon the two sides were entangled. Due to the limitation of the terrain, the pursuers had the advantage in numbers but it was difficult for all of them to join the battle, so the battle was somewhat stalemate. But this was not a real life-and-death fight after all, so regardless of the casualties, the rebels were gradually wiped out.

Just as the pursuers were about to celebrate their victory, two teams came in the opposite direction and interspersed with them. Someone immediately shouted loudly: "It's an enemy ambush! Retreat, evacuate first..."

Cui Hongdu and others fought back and caught the opponent off guard. They eliminated thirty or forty of the opponent in one breath. In particular, the scout Yang Zheng was too far forward, and even his precious warhorse was killed by the opponent. He himself was also brave, and finally "died in a bloody battle" to protect the horse.

After this battle, nearly fifty fugitives were killed, and the pursuers lost more than seventy. Although the casualty ratio was a bit high, at least the fugitives' baggage carts were taken away, and the pursuers' military advantage was further expanded.

But on the second day, when the large group of people chased forward for more than ten miles, they still did not find any trace of the enemy. They realized that the situation was a bit bad, and hurriedly sent the only scout to search forward. As a result, they found the trace of a team a few miles behind them.

When the scout He Ruolong returned to inform them of the situation, everyone was a little dumbfounded, but soon Su Wei, who had been the leader of a small team, shouted: "No, that is an army that lures the enemy, just to make us run back and forth and consume our physical strength! The only way now is to move forward. No matter how difficult it is to find the enemy, we must gather together to defend Chengcheng. There are more than 50 soldiers in Luoxi. If we can hold them on the west bank and prevent them from crossing the east, we will win this time!"

Everyone was a little at a loss, but after hearing Su Wei's words, they were all enlightened. They have eliminated nearly 50 people. Although there are still many people fleeing on the east bank, instead of wasting time and effort to search for the people on the east bank, as long as they hold the Luoshui line, they can wait for the west bank team to fall into the trap. Of course, if you want to achieve this goal, you have to be fast!

So everyone had the same goal, no longer hesitated, just ran wildly, and finally arrived at the bank of Luoshui near Chengchengfang on the morning of the third day. They saw Gao Jiong and his party on the other side had already tied up the raft and were preparing to put it into the water to cross.

Although the pursuers were also exhausted, they laughed heartily after seeing this scene. As long as they intercepted these guys who didn't even have weapons, they would win this time.

However, at this time, Cui Hongdu and his group of more than 30 people, who had not been seen for a long time, came straight from the earth slope behind the side, trying to support their companions who were preparing to cross the river. But there were more than 300 people gathered here, and it was not easy for them to disperse more than 30 people!

Cui Hongdu and his men charged several times, but instead of breaking up the enemy's battle formation, they suffered heavy casualties. Cui Hongdu himself fought and retreated to the riverside. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he shouted loudly: "Cui Hongdu made a mistake alone, causing his comrades to suffer punishment. Why should he not die!" After saying this, he actually jumped directly into the Luoshui River in full armor!