Chapter 52
"General, there is the main peak of Shenting Ridge in front!" Quan Cong pointed to the green and green mountains ahead, and said with a little excitement. Since he had taken Qu'acheng, Quan Cong knew that he could no longer tolerate Sun's family, so he simply relaxed his mind and was no longer as heavy as he had in the past few days.
After nearly three consecutive hours of march, the destination is finally near!
"Yeah!" I nodded slightly, then turned my head and smiled and said to Quan Cong, "Zihuang, thanks to your understanding of the shortcuts, we can arrive so quickly!" Quan Cong, who is familiar with the terrain of Wujun, has helped me too much. If he had not led the way, but marched according to the route on the map, it would take at least half an hour for our army to reach Shenting Ridge.
"..." Quan Cong smiled a little embarrassedly, but then seemed to hear another meaning among me, and asked in surprise, "In time??!!! General, is Sun... (hesitating for a moment) Sun Jing has already taken up the battle with Lu He's rebels?"
"Not bad!" I nodded slightly, "The battlefield should be southeast of the main peak, about 4 or 5 miles away from us!"
"Ah~~?" Quan Cong stared at me incredibly astonished and asked in disbelief, "How did the general know about this before the scout came back?"
Looking at Quan Cong's eyes that were both puzzled and expected, I smiled and said, "Zihuang, calm down, aim your ears to the southeast, listen carefully!"
"Oh~~!" As I said, Quan Cong closed his eyes, turned his head slightly to the southeast direction, and listened hard.
"...It's nothing!" After a while, Quan Cong's expression suddenly changed from confusion to joy. It seemed that he had heard something, "General, it's... the sound of a horn!"
I nodded and smiled, affirming Quan Cong's words. But in fact, in addition to the sound of the horn, there was also a faint sound of shouting and killing, but Quan Cong probably couldn't hear it. Today, the north wind was blowing, and in the face of the wind, it was difficult to spread the sound, so if you don't pay special attention and need to have good ears, it would be difficult to hear it...
"Report~!" A sentryman who sent a way to explore the road rushed over from the direction of Shenting Ridge and said breathlessly, "Report to General, there is a melee between soldiers and horses on the ridge. One of them is the Jiangdong Army, and the other is a messy dress and a unknown identity!"
Finally, I did not miss the battle between Sun Jingjun and Lu and Qin rebels! The thing I feared most along the way to march towards Shentingling Ridge was that the battle had ended before I arrived, so I missed the best opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop. I gently touched the thorn under my chin and asked in a deep voice: "How far is the battlefield from our army? So what is the battle situation between the two sides?"
"The battlefield is about 4 miles away from our vanguard. The two sides are currently fighting in a melee, and the villain has not had time to find out the specific situation!" The sentryman replied quickly.
Melee?!! Not a defeat? With the mobs of Lu He's army, they can still form a melee with Sun Jing's army when they are trapped. It's really strange! Is Sun Jing's combat power too weak? Or am I underestimating the ability of Lu He and Qin Lang to command the army?
"Uncle San, have you found the enemy's intelligence?" Guan Ping, who had been patrolling the team and urging the soldiers to speed up the march, came to me and asked anxiously.
"Yeah!" I nodded slightly and briefly told him about the situation he had found out.
"Uncle San, what should I do now?" Guan Ping looked back at the soldiers in the marching and said with a little concern, "The team has been marching for almost three hours in a row, and the soldiers are already very tired. Should I take a break first and then rush over to get in the battle?"
"You can't rest now!" I shook my head, "After the infantry marching for a long time, if they have a rest for less than half an hour, they will not only be unable to recover their combat power, but will even lose their combat power! Dingguo, Zihuang! If you two have the opportunity to lead the army alone in the future, you must remember this." I looked calm and said to Guan Ping and Quan Cong in a solemn voice, "We can't spare this time to rest. Now, the only way to do one moment and take advantage of the opportunity of the two armies' melee is to defeat them in one fell swoop!"
"Yeah!" Guan Ping nodded suddenly, "I've recorded it, Uncle San!"
"Thank you for your advice, General!" Quan Cong also said with gratitude, "But can Captain Liao and Captain Lin encircle behind Sun Jingjun in time? The road they are going to take is much further than ours, and I'm afraid they may not catch up!"
"Zihuang, you don't have to worry about this!" Guan Ping smiled and said, "As long as the guide you found didn't lead the wrong way, Brother Yuan Jian and Brother Zifeng will definitely be able to encircle them! The Second Battalion of Tiger Spear and Wolf Fang are the most elite troops in our army! He had followed Uncle San to march for more than 400 miles in three days, and this road is not within their words!"
"Three days...400 miles?!!" Quan Cong's eyes were a little straight and he sighed slightly astonished.
"I don't have time to procrastinate anymore!" I interrupted the conversation between Guan Ping and Quan Cong and said in a deep voice, "Dingguo! I order the entire army to accelerate the advance! The enemy is 4 miles southeast, be ready for the battle!"
"Yes, Uncle San!" Guan Ping nodded, then rode his horse back to the team, shouting loudly.
"The whole army accelerates its advance, and the enemy is 4 miles southeast, ready to fight!"
"You are leading the way!" I turned to the sentryman on the side of the horse and said.
"Yes, General!"
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On a trail on the western foot of Shenting Ridge, Liao Hua and Lin Xue were leading Wolf Teeth, and the Second Tiger Gun Battalion was marching quickly in the predetermined direction. Due to the tigers who had been strengthened in marching training, the soldiers of the Second Wolf Battalion were marching too fast, so that the guide who led the way could not keep up with their journey. As a last resort, Liao Hua even gave the horses to the guide to ride, and he acted as a "groom".
"How far is it to get around Shenting Lingnan?" Liao Hua looked up at the sky and asked the guide a little anxiously.
"It's not far away!" The guide who rode a war horse for the first time suppressed some discomfort in his heart and respectfully said to the "strange" general who actually led a horse like an ordinary surrender, "It's still 5 or 6 miles away. At this marching speed, you can arrive in about two more minutes!"
"Yeah!" Liao Hua responded lightly, then turned toward Lin Xue, who was walking slowly beside him, and said, "Zifeng, it seems that he has to speed up! The general may have arrived at the battlefield. If we cannot encircle it in time, it will miss the general's plan!"
"Okay!" Lin Xue didn't talk much, nodded, and immediately rode her horse back and forth, quickly placing the order to accelerate the march.
"Can you accelerate after forcing 3 hours? What kind of army is this?" The guide immediately swallowed and spitted, and looked at the second battalion of the "tiger" and "wolf" who had a faster marching speed but were not at all chaotic.
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After climbing to the main peak of Shenting Ridge, a scene of a big melee was immediately revealed to my sight. Although Sun Jingjun in the fierce battle suppressed his opponent, his opponent's fighting spirit seemed to be quite weak and could still stubbornly entangle with Sun Jingjun.
It seems that Lu He and Qin Lang are still a talented person. In such adversity, they can still maintain their soldiers under their command without collapsing. Looking at them at a distance, they can't see any surrendered soldiers! But it is obvious that the balance of victory has already leaned towards Sun Jingjun, and it is only a matter of time before Lu Hejun's failure.
"Ring the horn, attack!" Seeing that the victory and defeat of the Lu Erjun was about to be decided, I raised the Snake Spear in my hand and shouted in a deep voice.
"Woo~Woo~Woo~Woo~~!" The long and exciting horn sounded quickly.
"Attack!" Guan Ping and the commanders and soldiers of each Qutun roared almost at the same time. Then, nearly 4,000 melee infantry quickly formed a charge formation according to their respective Qutuns and Tuns, and raised their swords and guns in their hands, and began to slowly accelerate with small steps.
"Tao tread..." When the two armies in the melee were still about 150 steps away, the charging soldiers had increased their speed to the fastest, sweeping across the shape of arrows of different sizes.
"A archer obeys the order and takes the bow in his hand!"
"Go forward slowly, 100 steps away from the enemy, line up the formation!" I, who had always charged forward, stayed behind "abnormally". While paying attention to the battlefield situation, I shouted loudly at the 1,000 archers who also did not participate in the charge.
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Zhu Huan, who was temporarily withdrawing from the battle and waiting for reinforcements to arrive, suddenly realized that this "reinforcement" was getting closer and closer. Although they must be wearing armor from the Jiangdong Army, the attack formation they were arranged made Zhu Huan feel very unfamiliar. Zhu Huan is sure that this "serial arrow" infantry attack formation has been trained in the Jiangdong Army. Moreover, looking at the posture of the army in front of him, it is completely different from the Danyang defender, mainly recruits.
"Could it be..." A very bad thought surged into Zhu Huan's heart. He hurriedly raised his eyes and looked forward carefully. Suddenly, a particularly conspicuous figure appeared about 600 steps away. Above a giant black war horse, a burly man with black helmet and black armor stood. What's even more peculiar was the big spear in his hand that was curved into a snake-shaped spear.
"That's... the Snake Spear?!!!" Seeing this strange spear, Zhu Huan immediately thought of the famous masters in the world who had heard Taishi Ci introduce him before and the weapons in their hands.
"Zhang Fei?!!!" Zhu Huan immediately thought of a name in horror. How is this possible? How could Zhang Fei appear in Shenting Ridge?
"Kill!" The "reinforcement" soldiers, who had been nearly less than 100 steps, all let out a roar and shouting to kill.
Chapter completed!