Qiming 1158

Chapter 461 They Show Rich Smiles
It was only then that Wanyan Yiying realized that the eight-day travel plan she had planned before was a bit idealistic.

These are based on the premise that the weather is sunny and the temperature is pleasant and the road is in good condition. When these conditions are not available, the speed of the road will naturally be affected.

At this time, it is helpless to have to stop and rest.

Yanshan County was deserted, apparently a product of the strong walls and clear wilderness, so the extremely tired court officials asked to enter Yanshan County to rest, thinking that at least there would be houses to keep out the cold and the rain, so that they would not continue to be drenched in the rain and blown by the wind. on.

Wanyan Yiying pondered for a while, then shook her head. She felt that it was better to camp. Although there were houses in the city to shelter from the rain, it was not very safe. What if the Restoration Army attacked after they entered the city?
Wanyan Yiying's idea was ridiculed by the court officials, saying that it was impossible. There was no obstacle in the previous day's journey, and there were no pursuers in the next day's journey. Where did the danger come from?

Then they insisted on going into the city to find shelter from the rain and rest.

This made Wanyan Yiying very unhappy, but helpless.

He has been a local official for a long time, and he cannot urinate in a pot with these central officials, and his relationship with the central government is weak.

But no matter what he said, he also knew that these central officials were not easy to mess with, and one or two were either related here or there, and they got used to it.

For a moment, he wanted to kill the chickens and warn the monkeys to let these bastards know what the most powerful thing is.

But after thinking about it, he realized that doing so would only bring him endless trouble if they could go back to Zhongdu and regain their power.

So he could only acquiesce to this situation, and then camped outside the city with his subordinates who were willing to follow him. Anyway, he decided that if something happened, he wouldn't care whether these bastards were dead or alive, he just ran away.

Then something really happened.

Su Yonglin led the chase and ran wildly on horseback, but he was unable to catch up with Jin Jun's escaping pace.

However, the reconnaissance sentry sent by Han Jinggui has been very dutifully hanging the tail of the Golden Army's rear troops forward, and has not been lost, so Su Yonglin has not lost any trace of the Golden Army.

But it's not a problem to chase like this, and I don't know what the endurance of Jin Jun's side is, but the endurance of one man and two horses is definitely stronger than that of his single horse.

Moreover, in the rainy pursuit in the cold weather, many soldiers have developed symptoms of colds and coughs these days. The effect of continuous pursuit without rain gear is definitely not good.

As the saying goes, sharpening knives does not cut wood by mistake. After thinking about it, Su Yonglin decided to turn around and head to Dongguang County, ready to go to Dongguang County to make some supplements and adjustments.

He sent people to rush to Dongguang County in advance to ask them to prepare hot water, ginger soup and other things for the soldiers to use, and then prepare some horse materials for the horses to eat, and then take the whole army to Dongguang County.

Dong Heguang, the defender of Dongguang, was one of the regimental trainers of the Xiaoguo Army. He was quick and quick. After receiving the order, he acted with the instructor Xiang Ming, and quickly prepared everything Su Yonglin needed.

After Su Yonglin arrived in Dongguang County in the shortest time, Dong Heguang and Xiang Ming arranged everything properly.

They prepared hot food for the soldiers to eat, and then handed over the boiled ginger soup and dry clothes to the soldiers, and prepared some hot water for the soldiers to wipe their bodies and change their clothes.

While the soldiers were resting, Dong Heguang and Xiang Ming arranged for the defenders to take the war horses to rest and eat, and supplemented the war horses with concentrated fodder, so that the war horses could take good care of their strength.

In addition, they also allowed more than 100 soldiers with severe fever to stay in Dongguang County to rest, arranged for reliable doctors to treat the soldiers, and kept everything in order.

Taking advantage of the break, Su Yonglin, Xin Qiji, who was chasing with him, Geng Xingwen, the deputy commander of the Huben battalion, and other officers discussed the movement of the Jin army.

On the map, Su Yonglin marked the current known route of the Jin Army, and found that the Jin Army was taking the north-east route.

"This route passes through Jingzhou and Cangzhou, and then passes through Qingzhou, and then it arrives at Daxing House, which is Yanyun. It can be said to be the safest route to return to the north. There are no troops stationed here, and it is impossible for the Jin army to go south. Didn't go here."

Su Yonglin pointed to Qingchi County on the map, and said, "In the whole of Cangzhou, we only have garrisons in Qingchi County and Nanpi County, and the rest of the vast area is in a state of fortified walls and clear fields, except for a few Wubao, there are no other strongholds. .

This situation is very suitable for the golden thieves to flee to the north. They choose this road, probably also have the same idea, so if we want to catch up with them, we have no choice but to speed up, and we can't count on other troops ahead. The army intercepted. "

Geng Xingwen frowned and asked, "Then the other two paths can definitely be cut off and destroyed?"

"Not necessarily, but compared with the road we are pursuing, at least the other two roads are likely to hit our people head-on if they continue to go north."

Su Yonglin said, "I'm not sure what the situation will be at that time, but I hope they can stop those desperate thieves."

When Su Yonglin spoke, Xin Qiji kept looking at the map. After Su Yonglin finished speaking, Xin Qiji pointed to the map and spoke.

"Su Shuai, I thought that the gold thieves we were chasing could easily know where there are garrisoned troops and where there is no garrison, so they will obviously avoid Nanpi and Qingchi, and most likely go to Yanshan. After passing Yanshan all the way to the north, it is almost unobstructed, as long as the horsepower is sufficient, it can reach Yanyun in three or two days.”

Su Yonglin looked at the map and nodded.

"It's true, but I think it's the ideal state and we still have some things to consider."

Xin Qiji looked at Su Yonglin.

"You mean, the state of the cavalry?"

"Yes, status."

Su Yonglin opened his mouth and said, "Even if there is enough food, one person and two horses, this rainy day is raining while driving, we still feel difficult, and some soldiers get sick because of this, and the horses fall and break because of this. I think this situation is in the golden thief. There will only be more edges.

This is one, and the other, is there really enough food on the golden thief's side?When we attacked, we found that the golden thief was eating. What does this mean?It shows that when they escaped, they may not be well prepared, and they will slow down the speed of escape due to various problems. "

Everyone felt that Su Yonglin was right.

"So I thought that if they wanted to go north to Yanyun in three or two days, it would not be very difficult, and for us, there should still be time to rest for a night to refresh our spirits."

Su Yonglin continued: "As far as the situation is concerned, it is not impossible for us to intercept them before they enter Qingzhou. Although the land of Yanyun may have been turned upside down now, I really don't want to let Wanyan go. Bright."

Everyone knew that Su Yonglin hated Wanyanliang.

So Xin Qiji made a suggestion.

"If that's the case, then it's better to increase the marching speed by alternately rushing."

"You said."

Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji nodded slowly and said: "Generally speaking, cavalrymen mainly rely on horsepower to travel, and they will gallop for a while. When the horse's physical strength is exhausted, they will rest for an hour or two, and then mount and run wildly again. The golden thief has two horses. Hurry should be faster.

Our army does not have two horses, but we can use manpower to make up for it. The horse runs at a normal speed. When the horse is tired and slows down, it stops riding. The whole army dismounts and walks forward with the horse at a normal speed. , while continuing to move forward, so what does Su Shuai think? "

Su Yonglin thought for a while and nodded.

"There is no other way at the moment, but this is the only way. Of course, if necessary, don't feel sorry for the horse even if it runs away to death. We have seized about 10,000+ war horses. We are very rich now, understand?"

Su Yonglin said these words, and all the officers around showed rich smiles.

Indeed, for the foreseeable future, the Restoration Army can fight rich wars they never could have imagined.

After a night of rest, the Liberation Army recovered enough energy. After having breakfast in the early morning of the next day, they rested for a while, replenished dry food, horse food and rain gear, and then officially set off.

The target is directly at Yanshan County.

(End of this chapter)