Chapter 48 Soldier to Big Stone Bridge

Xiao Tianjian walked and let his guard lead his beloved horse and walk forward with the army, and the soldiers in the accompanying song will also get off the horse and walk, so as to save horsepower. The war horse should be cherished. Usually, if he always rides on the horse, once the war horse may have lost its strength in wartime.

Therefore, the Xing Tianjun has strict regulations. If it is not in war and during the march, it is not a last resort. Everyone has to get off the horse and walk, so as to save horsepower. When it is about to fight, it is allowed to get on the horse. Even as the commander of the Xing Tianjun, Xiao Tianjian also walks forward on foot with the army.

And he is also wearing a scale armor of 30 to 40 catties, which consumes more energy for the pedestrian army, which makes all the superiors in the army admire it, so no one will make this taboo and ride lazily on the horse.

Only the scouts sent come and go to report the news ahead to the army. Basically, the situation of He Renlong's department is under Xiao Tianjian's control.

However, Xiao Tianjian also kept an eye on his mind and made the people at the end of the team pay attention to their backs. Sure enough, it was only a while before they left the camp, and the news came from the end of the team that he saw several Li Zicheng's sneaky behind their team. Li Shuanzhu sent people behind the palace to catch up to ask Xiao Tianjian. How to deal with it, do you want to teach them a lesson?

"Tell Li Shuanzhu to ignore them. They like to follow them to have a look, so let them follow them to learn more! Humph!" Xiao Tianjian took off his helmet, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead slightly, slightly cut his half of his long hair, put on his helmet, turned his head and looked at the way, and replied with a sneer to the guard sent by Li Shuanzhu.

When Xiao Tianjian went to resign from Li Zicheng today and told him that he would lead his troops south to block He Renlong's headquarters, although he did not expect Li Zicheng to send a large number of people to cooperate with him, Li Zicheng's attitude also completely disappointed him. He did not have a good impression on Li Zicheng. The reason why he chose to be with Li Zicheng. It's just because Li Zicheng is a little more famous in history after all!

And in contact, Li Zicheng is not as arrogant as Gao Yingxiang and looks relatively friendly, so Xiao Tianjian still has a good impression on Li Zicheng.

Today, when Li Guo urged him to lead the battle, and Gu Jun'en wink at Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng did not persuade him not to fight or cooperate with him. He understood the intentions of Li Zicheng and Gu Jun'en.

After all, Li Zicheng is still a short-sighted person. At present, they are against the government and the imperial court everywhere. The best way for them was to unite with many fellow Taoist people to form a group to fight against the officers and soldiers. Now they don't have this kind of awareness. They often want to fight with each other. They want to preserve their strength and want to see it. Xiao Tianjian was unlucky, and then took the opportunity to make a bargain.

The performance of Li Guo and Gu Junen has fully explained this point. Xiao Tianjian is not a fool. Naturally, he can guess what they are doing. However, Xiao Tianjian really has no hope on Li Zicheng. The reason why he wants to fight against He Renlong independently is to let Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang, have a look. The real strength of his Xing Tianjun saves them from doing small moves, status and reputation for their own soldiers and horses in the future. They rely on their own hard work. They can't get it by putting on airs. Since they all think that Xing Tianjun is a piece of fat meat, he has to show them. His Xing Tianjun doesn't What kind of fat is it? It's a hedgehog full of thorns.

"Brothers, hurry up and arrive a little earlier, and we will have a better chance of winning!" Xiao Tianjian shouted to his subordinates who passed in front of him. After saying that, he raised his legs and followed the team on another big step on the journey.

The iron head carried the scarlet Xing Tianjun flag and immediately followed Xiao Tianjian forward. The Xing Tian flag followed the wind, hunting and merging, and the drum sound of the marching drum once again accelerated the pace.

More than ten miles away, for Xing Tianjun, it can be reached in more than an hour. Now they all know the benefits of this leggings. The long-distance march has indeed made their calves much more comfortable, and the road is much easier to walk.

When he was close to the pole that day, Xiao Tianjian finally saw a small river in front of him, so he raised his hand up and clenched his fist.

Immediately behind him, there was a command to stop moving forward, and the drums that had been beating in the team stopped abruptly. Xiao Tianjian only heard the sound of standing footsteps behind him.

Shi Ran strode to Xiao Tian's fitness and said to Xiao Tianjian, "This is the Wanzi River. Originally, the river was said to be six or seven feet wide, but because of the successive drought, now there are only two or three feet wide. If it hadn't been a rain some time ago, I'm afraid there would have been only ten feet wide, and the cavalry could jump over it! "

Xiao Tianjian looked at the river. It was really not a big river, and the water flow was very gentle, because there was no pollution in this era, and the water quality was very clear. He could even see the water grass at the bottom of the river through the water body. There were some slow slopes on both sides, and only a slate bridge in front was built on the river to communicate the two sides.

"It's God's help! This is indeed a good place to stop! How far is He Renlong's department from here now? Xiao Tianjian asked Shi Ran.

While talking, he galloped from across the river to ride fast horses. There were dozens of pursuers behind them, chasing them closely, and a man was behind the horses in his head. From time to time, he turned around and bowed on the horse and put an arrow at the cavalry chasing them, which always made the cavalry who chased them unable. If you get close to them, you can only swear behind their backs and shout to kill.

Even if the Xingtian military department became nervous, they immediately stabilized again under the orders of their respective officers.

"Ren array, block the stone bridge!" Xiao Tianjian immediately sent the order.

After receiving his order, the Xingtian army, who was originally in the shape of a marching army, gathered together at a rapid speed on the west bank of the river and occupied a high slope on the west bank of the river.

And the fast horses also quickly rushed over the stone bridge. Only the last man pulled the reeds on the east side of the stone bridge, fired several arrows one after another, and shot the two most front-looking officers and soldiers under the horse. Then the horse turned around and laughed, and quickly rushed across the stone bridge.

"It's Li Lingfeng who is back!" Shi Ran said to Xiao Tianjian.

"Good boy, this guy is really arrogant! I like it! Ha ha! Let the soldiers stand in front, don't make it too neat! Hurry up!" Xiao Tianjian turned over his horse and stood in front of the array and said majestically. Then a team of soldiers was taken to the front of the team and blocked the neat troops behind him.

And after the dozens of officers and cavalry chased the river, they saw the Xingtian army gathered at the other end of the stone bridge at a glance. They were shocked and quickly pulled the reins one after another, circled the war horses, looked at this side in surprise, and no longer dared to chase forward. I just nervously looked at the west bank of the river on the other side of the river.

"General Qi, the mark is back! He Renlong's department is less than five miles away from here! He Renlong's department has more than 2,500 infantry, and there are only 300 cavalry. There are more than 50 heavy vehicles accompanied by him. There are about 1,200 people who recruit the army. There are four general guns, six Fran machine guns, and the number of tiger squatting guns is unknown! These are the cavalry under his command who explored the way first. He just found the mark and kept chasing him!" After Li Lingfeng crossed the river, he jumped off the war horse, handed over the tired and sweaty war horse to his men. He strode towards Xiao Tianjian. As soon as he got closer, he stroked his chest and saluted and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"Good job, Ling Feng, you stole the limelight again this time! A lot of contributions! Ha ha! How's it going? How is your loss? Xiao Tianjian said to Li Lingfeng with an appreciative smile that Li Lingfeng is indeed a natural ward. Since he was included in the ward team, he has made several contributions, and this time it is He Renlong's subordinate.

"It's not big. It lost two brothers, but the mark also killed four or five of them, which is not a loss!"

"Good! Write down the names of the two brothers and report them to Luo Yingjie for investigation. After this battle, they will be sacrificed to their spirits! For those who have made contributions, there is another reward! You and your brothers, go down and have a rest!" Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction. For the loss of two scouts, they encountered several times more officers and cavalry than them this time. They only lost two people and broke through to report the news, which was a great miracle, so Xiao Tianjian was very satisfied.

Li Lingfeng immediately stroked his chest and saluted, stepped back quickly, and took his men to the back.

This time, Xiao Tianjian led the army to come in time. If it was another hour in the evening, it was estimated that the stone bridge would be occupied by He Renlong. In that case, he would have to intercept He Renlong's soldiers and horses on the plain. I guess it would not be so easy to take advantage of it.

The role of the scouts has always been valued by Xiao Tianjian. If the scouts hadn't explored the terrain in this area in advance, he would not have chosen this place as the place to block He Renlong's troops this time, and He Renlong was obviously too careful this time. If he sent a soldier and horse light division forward first, he would occupy this in advance. If it's difficult, this time Xiao Tianjian wants to lead his troops to grab the superior terrain. I'm afraid there will be no fierce battle. I guess it's impossible!

Xiao Tianjian was too lazy to take care of the dozens of cavalry on the other side. He saw that the number of cavalry in his hand was too small. Yesterday, he sent three groups of scouts to the surrounding areas to inquire about the news, so that the number of scouts in his hand now was less than 50. It was impossible to send them out to these dozens of officers and soldiers on the other side. The cavalry was in line with each other, so they simply ignored them and directly ignored them. Anyway, these dozens of enemy cavalry did not dare to rush across the stone bridge to attack them. In that case, it would just take advantage of Xing Tianjun.

The dozens of officers and cavalry looked at the strange team opposite in surprise. A leading officer stopped his impulse to rush across the stone bridge and carefully looked at the other side.

He saw a strange flag erected in the chaotic army on the other side. After staring at it, he immediately remembered a rumor: "Xing Tianqi! On the other side is the Xing Tianjun of Yanyang! Damn it! Why did they come to Longzhou?

An officer and soldier beside him pulled the rein and said to him, "I guess they have turned to the high thief!" I heard that the high-level thief led his troops to Liyang for a few days. With Xing Tianjun's pole, it is not surprising to turn to the high-level thief! This Xing Tianjun should have come to Longzhou City with Li Thief!"

The officer nodded and said, "It's very likely! But why didn't you see the flag of Li Thief? Why did only this Xing Tianjun thieves all the way here? Is it possible that they rely on this little force, just like blocking us?

Another officer came over and said to him, "It's not impossible!" With such a new club, the thief army will not be a pity for them. I guess it is Li Zicheng, the thief who wants to send them to block us for a while and buy them some time to attack the city!"

After looking at it for a while, the officer sneered at the corners of his mouth: "What a bullshit Xing Tianjun! But it's still a mob! These chaotic people also want to block our army! It's really a car with an arm, and I don't know what to do! Im not to them! Let them be majestic for a while, go back to inform General He, and come over and deal with them later! Let's go!"

After saying that, the officer pulled the horse's head, led dozens of cavalry, took two colleagues who were injured by the arrow and fell off the horse. As soon as he raised the whip, he drove away and galloped in the direction of He Renlong's troops.