Valley Emperor

Perhaps it was because the last fiasco caused Fang Dongquan a great psychological burden, so this time he went to Shuilongzhai, and his whole person became extremely conservative.

On the first day of the march, the left army he led was at the forefront, but it was moving very slowly, keeping a large number of spies in front of them at every moment to explore the way, and would only continue to advance after ensuring safety.

This conservative and cautious attitude that can be said to be timid made Butcher Chen quite dissatisfied, and even Liu Bagou was quite critical of it.

Butcher Chen said: "Your Majesty, today we have only walked ten miles a day. This is not acceptable. If we spend too much time on the road, we will not be able to bring enough food. We must speed up and arrive within three days. Water Dragon Village!"

Liu Bagou also said: "General Chen's statement is also true, the food prepared by our army is very small, and the soldiers prepare dry food, which is only enough for three or four days. Only enough for seven days."

Fang Dongquan on the side immediately said: "Shuilongzhai came to our Huangzhu Mountain last time, and they were repelled by us. Now they must have taken precautions. We have come out with so much momentum this time, and the other party may have noticed it. , if we set up an ambush on the road at that time, it is very likely that our light soldiers will be caught in the ambush of the other party!"

At this time, Li Xuan was also a little hesitant. In fact, like Fang Dongquan, he maintained a cautious and conservative attitude.

But this time, the Yellow Bamboo Mountain army went to the expedition. Although they boasted of being a big army and fighting against the country, they actually only had about 130 people. Besides their weapons and food, they basically didn't bring any luggage, not even a tent. .

It was a veritable light march. According to the truth, the speed of the march should not be too slow. Even if you couldn't walk forty or fifty miles in a day, twenty or thirty miles would still be very easy.

Furthermore, they did not bring much food when they went out this time. It was not because they did not want to bring more food, but because there was not much food in Huangzhu Mountain. The more than 100 of them went out to the expedition, and all they took away were the best. Rice grains are used to protect their physical strength. Only a small amount of rice grains and those miscellaneous grains are left for the old and weak women and children in Huangzhu Mountain.

Their original plan was very simple, that is, after capturing Shuilong Village, they would directly eat the food from Shuilong Village.

But if they spend an extra two or three days on the road, they will almost run out of food when they arrive at Shuilong Village, and there may not be enough time for them to attack Shuilong Village.

Who knows how the attack on Shuilongzhai will be at that time. If it goes well, it might take half an hour to take it down with a single charge, but if it doesn't go well, it might take several days.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan glanced at Fang Dongquan.

At this time, Fang Dongquan saw Li Xuan's gaze on him, and after a while he said, "It's not impossible to start the march tomorrow, but the risk is still a bit high, and we have to send out more spies!"

Li Xuan nodded.

On this expedition, although Li Xuan is the commander in person in name, there are many things he doesn't understand, such as which road to take, sleeping there at night, etc. These all require Fang Dongquan, who is familiar with this mountain, to come. make a decision.

Since Fang Dongquan said so, he should have some confidence in his heart.

The next day, the marching speed really improved a lot. On this day, they walked a full thirty miles.

Don't look at the 30-mile road being replaced by a road of more than 10 kilometers in the future. Normal people can walk there in three hours, but you have to know that Li Xuan and the others are not big roads. , These paths are generally hunters, and mountain people will walk, usually only one person can pass, and many places are curved and steep, so it is not easy to walk.

Even sometimes the road they walk can't be called a road, it's just a wilderness with fewer weeds and trees.

Therefore, it is very difficult to walk, and the speed of this movement is naturally not enough to get there.

This is also because they are all marching lightly. If it is a regular army with a lot of baggage, it is quite good to be able to advance twenty miles on this day.

Apart from the difficulty of walking, it was also related to Fang Dongquan's caution. Whenever he passed through some relatively dangerous areas, such as valleys and dense forests, Fang Dongquan would send spies to check first and confirm that there was no danger before passing.

However, Liu Bagou and Tufu Chen were quite satisfied with the speed of traveling thirty miles a day. At least Tufu Chen didn't say that Fang Dong was timid and deliberately dragged the army not to advance.

That night, everyone camped in the wild as usual, they didn't even have tents, only some people brought thin blankets, some brought thick coats, and some didn't bring anything at all, everyone found a leeward col and rested directly on the ground one night.

All of them are Li Xuan. He covers the quilt when he sleeps at night. This is what Mrs. Bai prepared for him. He is afraid that his son will fall ill. The last time when Li Xuan was on his way to escape, Li Xuan fell ill from heatstroke, but Mrs. Bai was worried. This time Li Xuan said that he would lead the army to go out in person, but he was also worried.

Even Dong Yunyun was worried. She gave Li Xuan a cloak the night before the expedition. Well, she sewed it herself. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Pearl also helped a lot.

It's a pity that although this cloak is made of high-quality satin material, Li Xuan's appearance has improved significantly after wearing it, and he has a refined appearance, but this thing is not very useful, it can neither block the rain nor Keep warm.

So although he brought this cloak, Li Xuan naturally would not put it on on the marching road. At most, when the battle of Shuilongzhai was about to start, the cloak pretended to be forceful, so that the native turtles of Shuilongzhai could see it. The style of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

After a night of silence, they continued to travel as usual the next day, but on this day, it was obvious that everyone had lost the relaxed expression of the previous two days, because they all knew that Shuilongzhai was about twenty miles ahead.

Moreover, it is impossible for the people of Shuilong Village to set up sentries on the periphery, so it is very likely that they will encounter the people of Shuilong Village in the outer areas of Shuilong Village in a few hours.

As the sun rose, they walked more and more carefully. They only walked fifteen miles in the afternoon, and now, they were less than five miles away from Shuilong Village.

Fang Dongquan, who was in the front, had already sent someone to report that he had discovered the trail of the sentry in Shuilong Village, but the building was already empty.

The people of Shuilongzhai really set up a sentry on the periphery, but the people in the sentry have already left. Obviously, they have found the people from Huangzhu Mountain and evacuated first.

Maybe it won't be long before a large number of people in Shuilong Village will appear, and a war will break out between the two sides!

But to Li Xuan's surprise, although the people of Shuilong Village clearly found their traces, the expected large number of people in Shuilong Village never showed up.

This is a little strange!

It's not just Li Xuan who thinks so!

Liu Bagou also frowned and said, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!"