The main force of the Western Expedition was marching towards Vinia at the normal marching speed.
Zhao Ziliang sat on his horse and dozed off, letting the horse carry him on his way.
At some point, Gao Chongwen rode up on his horse and clasped his fists, saying: "Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang woke up: "Well, what?"
"It's almost noon.
Do you want the army to stop and take a rest?
Let the soldiers eat and drink before continuing on their way."
Zhao Ziliang yawned and asked, "Where are you?"
Gao Chongwen said: "According to the map, we should have arrived at a place called Porter Bridge, but there is no such thing by the river.
I sent people to inquire with the surrounding herdsmen.
According to the herdsmen, there was originally a bridge by the river. , but it was demolished by a cavalry force from the east.
There were two bridges in front that were demolished.
I think it was Li Su's men who demolished the bridges."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang made a gesture: "Bring me the map."
A knight rode over and presented the map.
Zhao Ziliang opened the map and looked at it, and made several gestures with his fingers.
He looked up into the distance, pondered for a moment and gave the order: "Send the order to the entire army to stop advancing and rest on the spot for half an hour."
"According to the order," Gao Chongwen agreed, turned around and sent someone to convey the order.
Zhao Ziliang dismounted, and several guards had already spread a blanket on the grass nearby.
He walked over and sat down on a small horse and ordered the eunuch accompanying him: "Send a message to summon the generals from all ministries to come to discuss matters."
"promise" After receiving the order, the leading generals from various ministries rushed over immediately.
Zhao Ziliang greeted: "Please find a small Mazha and sit down.
Let's eat and say, come here, hang up the map."
The waiters brought food to Zhao Ziliang and the leading generals of the ministries.
Several waiters hung a large map next to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang pointed at the map with a riding crop and said: "We are now at this location, Porter Bridge, but according to the inquiry of the detective horse, According to the surrounding herdsmen, the Porter Bridge and the two bridges in front were destroyed by a cavalry force from the East.
If nothing else goes wrong, this cavalry force from the East should be Li Su's men.
Then the problem arises. plum Why did Su destroy three consecutive bridges on this river?
He didn't want our main army to cross the river.
Of course not, he couldn't delay the march of the main army.
The only explanation is that he led his troops to the front of Charlie's army.
Gu Zeng went there Vinia, if you cross the river from here to Vinia, it will be a short journey.
In other words, the purpose of Li Su's order to destroy the bridge was to delay the arrival of Charles' army in Vinia, allowing them to walk half the distance."
At this time, a school captain walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, a large amount of horse manure has been left here.
According to the freshness of the horse manure, it should have been left three days ago, but no more than four days ago."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang turned to look at the map and said: "It only takes two days to cross the river from here to Vinia at normal marching speed, but if you don't cross the river and keep walking along the river, it will take twice as long.
Arriving in Vinia, that is, in four days, Charles' army With a large amount of heavy equipment, their marching speed is a little slower than the normal marching speed.
In other words, they are about to arrive in Vinia or just arrived in Vinia.
So what is Li Su's army doing now?
With the men and horses in his hands, it must be doing something in a head-on confrontation.
But have five The Frankish army equipped with thousands of armors can only harass constantly, but Charlie is not a useless idiot.
He is a experienced warrior and a cunning man.
Otherwise, he would not be sitting on the throne of the King of God.
From our side What I saw and heard when I came here was that I found no traces of battle.
It seems that Charlie has found a way to defend ourselves so that our light cavalry will not easily get the chance to attack.
I am now very worried about Li Subu, worried that he is young and energetic, and impulsively engages Charlie's army in a head-on battle.
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But we Now I can’t contact Li Subu.”
Zhao Ziliang's grandson, Zhao Shuo, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, we must contact Li Su's tribe as soon as possible to determine their current situation.
I believe that we should send elite detectives to rush to the front to detect the enemy's situation and try to find Li Su's tribe as quickly as possible." way to pass the message back" Zhao Ziliang nodded when he heard the words and ordered: "Duan Wei, immediately send the Huya Army to carry out this mission, and bring the Swift Eagle with you.
You must receive news about Charlie's army and Li Su's army before tomorrow morning.
Remember, no matter what the cost, " Duan Wei stood up and clasped his fists and said: "I obey the order."
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "If we build a new bridge to cross the river, how long will it take for Zhouqiao Camp?"
The Captain of Zhouqiao Camp stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it only takes half a day to complete the construction."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Then let the soldiers of Zhouqiao Camp start immediately after lunch, so that all the army can cross the river before dark."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang said to Zhao Shuo: "You go and select three thousand elite cavalry.
After crossing the river, you lead your troops to Vinia first.
Remember to pay attention to the secret signs left by the Huya Army brothers along the way, so as not to fall into a Frankish ambush." .
I won’t give you a specific combat mission.
Everything is under your own control.
No matter what situation you encounter, you must act according to the circumstances.”
Zhao Shuo cupped his fists and responded: "I obey the order."
Zhao Ziliang then said to the generals and officials: "Give me the order to rest where you are in the afternoon.
You are only allowed to sleep.
No other activities are allowed.
This will give you enough energy and strength."
"yes"
After the generals and officials left, Zhao Ziliang left Duan Wei alone and ordered: "We must find out the situation of Charlie's army and Li Su's troops as soon as possible.
Let's release the reconnaissance eagle while it is still early.
In this situation, we can only Only by releasing reconnaissance eagles can we figure out the enemy's situation as quickly as possible."
Duan Wei clasped his fists and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Scout eagles are trained with eagles.
It is extremely rare for a scout eagle to be trained and put to use, and to be able to perform reconnaissance tasks.
It requires a lot of time and energy from the eagle trainer, and a lot of training.
Feed him with precious medicinal materials to enlighten his mind.
In previous battles, the reconnaissance eagle did detect a lot of useful information for Zhao Ziliang, but during the battles with the Caliphate of the Great Food Kingdom, the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, and Charles's army, Zhao Ziliang never used the reconnaissance eagle once, because these emperors were surrounded by There are a large number of mages who are proficient in different arts and spells.
With the presence of these strangers, the Scout Eagle can play a much smaller role, and it is very likely that the opponent's wizard will discover it and kill it with a spell.
The main job of the Zhouqiao Camp is to build roads and bridges, so it is the most professional job to do it.
It took less than an afternoon to build a wide pontoon bridge on the river, and hundreds of thousands of people completed it in only two hours.
Crossing the river has a lot to do with the width and strength of the pontoon bridge and the orderly crossing of the river by each department.
Everything is in an orderly manner.
When crossing the river, each department does not fight or compete.
Whichever department is allowed to cross the river first will cross the river first.
The sun had just set and the sky had not yet completely darkened.
An eagle call came from the sky.
Zhao Ziliang, who had just crossed the river, looked up at the sky and breathed a sigh of relief.
This was the reconnaissance eagle released at noon.
An afternoon of It took time to complete the reconnaissance and return, and there should be no incident on the way.
After a while, Duan Wei came over and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, there is news.
The reconnaissance eagle detected that there was a battle in front of Viniya Pass this afternoon.
There were tens of thousands of people on the attacking side, and we were on the pass.
Square people and horses” The intelligence of the reconnaissance eagle is much higher than that of the messenger eagle, but after all, it is a beast and has not become a spirit.
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It is already very good to be able to express reconnaissance news to this level.
Zhao Ziliang was surprised: "Could it be that Li Su led his troops to raid Viniya Pass and blocked Charlie's army in front of Viniya Pass?"
Duan Wei said: "This is the only possibility."
Zhao Ziliang immediately made a decision and ordered: "Tell Zhao Shuo the news, and order Zhao Shuo to immediately lead his troops to the west as quickly as possible.
When they arrive near Weinia Pass, they will get in touch with Li Su in time and coordinate with each other to let him tell Li Su.
Hold on at all costs, the main army will come as quickly as possible to attack Charlie's army.
Send an order to the whole army to march overnight tonight, and the marching speed will be doubled.
Before noon tomorrow, I will see the camp of Charlie's army."
"Follow the decree" When it was time to rest, Zhao Ziliang let the soldiers have a good rest.
When it was time to march and fight, Zhao Ziliang let the soldiers fight for their lives.
This was his style.
Doubling the marching speed will consume a lot of physical energy of the soldiers, and the body will have to bear more load.
This will test whether the usual training is in place.
Fortunately, the Western Qin Army does not conduct emergency march training in normal times.
Less, such a small amount of intensity is still bearable for the soldiers.
The battle continued all day and all night, with no progress.
Charlie was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling.
He had not slept all day and all night, and his expression was extremely haggard.
It was just getting light, and he was about to go back to the tent, lie down and take a nap to recuperate his energy.
Who would have known?
A scout cavalry rushed over and reported to him: "Your Majesty the Emperor, there is a Western Qin cavalry coming from our flank.
There are about 3,000 people.
They are less than ten miles away from here.
Their scout cavalry has already fought with us."
At this time, fierce fighting was still going on up and down the city wall.
Charlie's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Send the order for the army to retreat to the river and form an array."
Li Su's soldiers and horses had suffered serious losses after defending the city for a day and night.
If they continued to fight, they didn't know how long they could hold out.
Zhao Shuo led his army to make Charlie think that the main force of Western Qin had arrived, and immediately ordered a retreat to give him relief.
It's really a timely rain.
The Western Qin army came from the east.
To the west was a large area of dense forest with thorns and bushes.
There was no road at all.
There was only a large beach on the river in the north.
Therefore, Charles could only lead his troops to retreat to the Danube River.
Although there were only three thousand west Qin cavalry, but Charlie would not think that this time the Western Qin cavalry only came with 3,000 men.
These 3,000 cavalry should be just the vanguard, and the main army should be not far behind.
Charlie had previously sent elite scouts to investigate the situation of the main force of the Western Qin Army.
Unfortunately, those scouts encountered the Huya Army sent by Zhao Ziliang.
They were all poisoned by the Huya Army and failed to send the news back
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