Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Walking through the mist in the morning, even in the summer, you can still feel the coldness of the air. For some reason, the birds in the woods were frightened, jumped out of the treetops, and flew away in mid-air with a "quack". Guo Shao couldn't help but look sideways, only seeing a black dot gradually disappearing in the dust and mist. Then the surroundings became quiet, with only the small sound of clanging, clanging, clanging metal and rustling footsteps.

Looking back, a long line of people and horses walked slowly forward in a single line, without seeing the head and the end. It was just dawn, and the people nearby walked silently without saying a word; preparations started early in the morning, and it was almost dawn after departure. Although the road ahead is also a small road, you can still ride a horse slowly. Guo Shao is riding on the horse, and there is a soldier leading the horse in front.

From time to time, Guo Shao knocked on the trees on the side of the road, and occasionally found fork-shaped marks cut out by knives and axes on the tree trunks. They were marks made by the scouts before, so that the army forwards could find out in time if they led the way in the wrong way. This road has not been opened and repaired by the official post road. It is a combination of some natural paths.

It was indeed a risky action, but Guo Shao couldn't directly feel the fear, probably because a large group of people were together, and when there were too many people, it was easy to paralyze the nerves. He feels that people are easily influenced by those around them.

The road is narrow and the walk is a bit slow. The army set off before dawn and walked until sunset on the west mountain before reaching Baishui Road. Baishui Road is ten miles away from Guzhen Town, that is to say, everyone can only walk ten miles without stopping all day. The ones in front stopped one after another, and everyone began to drink cold water and eat wheat cakes. After eating, continue on the road, without camping or resting... According to the original battle plan, you have to run for more than ten miles in one breath, and you can only stop after reaching the Shu Road.

The section of Baishui Road is difficult to walk. There is a long section of the road winding up the hillside, and no one has invested in the construction of guardrails. If he accidentally fell down the mountain, he might fall to his death. Guo Shao didn't dare to ride a horse anymore, so he asked someone to lead the horse, and walked carefully himself.

Everyone started lighting torches, some put tung oil in bamboo tubes to stuff grass, and some directly lit pine branches. The road was really difficult to walk, so in order to march overnight, we had to ignore any concealment. Guo Shao had a thought in his mind, the only thing that can't be defeated in martial arts in the world is speed, even if the Shu army knows that I want to intercept their retreat, they can only worry if they can't catch up.

Walking a hundred miles day and night on a rugged path is beyond Guo Shao's knowledge of ancient armies. But right now, it seems that there is nothing wrong with my team... Everyone walked slowly and didn't say much. Some people may have blisters on their feet, but they seem to be able to bear it.

The toughness of professional elite soldiers who have been fighting for a long time, although it is difficult to control and often puts pressure on the superiors, it is very useful... No need for any theory|guidance and belief. After walking for a whole day, Guo Shao's thoughts gradually became clear. Everyone fought thousands of miles with their heads up, and they came here to seek military merits and wealth.

My own private affairs cannot be private affairs, at least for a small number of generals, their interests are at stake; if Guo Shao loses his future, Yang Biao and other generals will have to be aggrieved. That's why everyone was happy when they heard that Guo Shao was promoted. It shouldn't be for the sake of flattery... In this world, human life is worthless. I think the soldiers who climbed the wall in Fengzhou City were desperate for a chance to be appreciated by the superiors.

In the middle of the night that night, the army finally reached the main road of Shudao.

Guo Shao himself was already yawning, and fell asleep standing up. The torches around are brightly lit, and there are patches of fire, and there are many bonfires burning up and down the hillsides on both sides; it is busy on all sides, and Li Chuyun, who arrived at the forward, is building fortifications overnight.

Guo Shao got on his horse, went to the front, looked for Li Chuyun, and asked a few words. Li Chuyun said: "Both the north and the south have sent scouts out, but they haven't returned yet."

"It's enough to build a fence at will. The soldiers need to accumulate energy to fight. Order the soldiers of all ministries to rest on the spot without disarming." Guo Shao said.

The generals led the sergeants to send orders, and everyone lay down on the muddy ground. For a while, there were people lying all over the mountains and plains, as if they had just experienced a great battle. I didn't sleep well last night, and continued until midnight today. Everyone was exhausted... Walking a hundred miles with a load in a row, anyway, Guo Shao can walk ten miles at most in modern society, and his legs are sore.

Guo Shao sat next to a fire, dozed off for a while, and was in a daze for an unknown amount of time before being woken up.

He opened his eyes and saw that the sky was still dark, and the night was dotted with countless stars. Luo Yanhuan said: "A few people came back from both the north and the south, but the Shu army was nowhere to be seen within ten miles; the rest of the scouts continued to search far away."

Early the next morning, there was still no movement, so Zhou Jun built some huts in the open area of ​​Shu Road and deployed troops.

You don't need to start a fire to make food, you only eat dry food and salt, drink river water, and don't even have hot water, because you don't have a pot. A large group of people sat in their respective camps basking in the sun, and one after another someone from each command went to fetch water from the Jialing River with wooden barrels. Although the Shu road is not very easy to walk, it is a natural marching route. There are rivers and rivers along the way, so there is no need to consider the source of water.

At this moment, a few horsemen ran over from the north road, looked straight at the army flag, and ran to Guo Shao before dismounting. A sergeant clasped his fists and said, "A small group of Shu army was found about twenty miles to the north, no more than three hundred men at most; we explored through the flanking mountains and forests, and found a large number of Shu army troops thirty miles away. It was dark at that time, so we couldn't see clearly, but there might be thousands of people by looking at the torches."

After hearing this, Guo Shao and his generals looked at each other in blank dismay. After a little calculation, the Shu Army probably knew about the Baishui Trail the day before yesterday afternoon. From the afternoon before yesterday to now, the main force of their reinforcements going south has traveled a total of fifty miles...

Guo Shao stood up and looked around again. The Shu Road and the Jialing River extend to the northeast together, and the Jialing River is fast; the terrain on the other side of the river is relatively gentle. The northwest here is full of mountains.

He immediately said: "Divide into two command troops to stand firm here and block possible reinforcements from the direction of Xingzhou; scouts along the river to find places where they may cross the river. The main force is approaching the Shu army in the northeast direction." After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Chuyun.

Li Chuyun said: "This is very appropriate."

The armies received military orders one after another, and began to march forward in sequence. This time the road was much wider, and the troops were still arranged in four rows, with scattered cavalry in front and a large number of infantry behind them.

Pushing forward until noon, the scouts reported again, and both Shu armies turned around and retreated northward. Guo Shao did not make any changes, and everyone continued to advance along the road. Luo Yanhuan said: "This time, let me see where they can go, over Qingniling to Chengfeng territory?" All the troops burst into laughter.

Along the way, I found the camp where the Shu army had been stationed. Some iron pots and sundries were thrown on the side of the road in a mess. Zhou Jun soldiers picked them up along the way to boil hot water for drinking. According to people's life experience, drinking too much unboiled water is easy to spoil the stomach, and people who can boil it to drink are generally willing to raise the fire to boil water.

As the evening approached, the Shu army was still not seen. There may be some rangers ahead, but they have been dispersed by the scouts in front of the Zhou army, and Guo Shao of the army has not seen a single Shu soldier.

Guo Shao and Li Chuyun rode forward, chose a wide place, and ordered all the ministries to build fences and build camps after they arrived. I will walk for half a day tomorrow, and I am not in a hurry. I should definitely start a war with the Shu army. Because the Shu army had nowhere to go, they could only fight behind Qingniling.

The soldiers all knew that the time to go to battle was coming. In the evening, many people were cleaning their swords and guns, checking their bows and arrows, and there was an atmosphere before the battle. I walked two hundred miles in a few days just to fight this game.